08/11/2017

0:00:06 > 0:00:11Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:00:11 > 0:00:12Another Cabinet Minister fights for their job.

0:00:12 > 0:00:14The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

0:00:14 > 0:00:17Just days after the International Development Secretary was forced

0:00:17 > 0:00:19to apologise over secret meetings in Israel, Downing Street

0:00:19 > 0:00:28is examining new claims about her trips overseas.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Good morning, it is Wednesday 8 November.

0:00:41 > 0:00:44Also this morning: Prince Charles's finances face scrutiny

0:00:44 > 0:00:45following fresh revelations in the Paradise Papers.

0:00:45 > 0:00:48The Prince's advisors deny suggestions of a conflict

0:00:48 > 0:00:54of interest.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57On his trip to South Korea, President Trump warns the North

0:00:57 > 0:01:03it is time to come to the table and make a deal.

0:01:03 > 0:01:07The weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer. They are

0:01:07 > 0:01:13putting your regime in grave danger.

0:01:13 > 0:01:16Two of the Big Six energy companies are looking to merge.

0:01:16 > 0:01:19I'm taking a look at what that will mean for their millions

0:01:19 > 0:01:20of customers.

0:01:20 > 0:01:22In sport: Andy Murray targets a return to competitive

0:01:22 > 0:01:23tennis next year.

0:01:23 > 0:01:27The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury,

0:01:27 > 0:01:30but faced Roger Federer in a charity match in Glasgow last night.

0:01:30 > 0:01:34Carol has the weather.

0:01:34 > 0:01:39Good morning. It is a cold start to the day, there is quite a bit of

0:01:39 > 0:01:43frost around, some patchy mist and fog but for most it will be dry and

0:01:43 > 0:01:46sunny. However, in the south-east there is more cloud, some rain and

0:01:46 > 0:01:50drizzle, and we have got some wet and windy weather coming in from the

0:01:50 > 0:01:58north-west. I will have more details on that 15 minutes. -- in 15

0:01:58 > 0:01:59minutes.

0:01:59 > 0:02:00Good morning.

0:02:00 > 0:02:02First, our main story: Downing Street is examining

0:02:02 > 0:02:04new information about the International Development

0:02:04 > 0:02:05Secretary's unauthorised contacts with senior

0:02:05 > 0:02:06Israeli government officials.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Priti Patel apologised for meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

0:02:09 > 0:02:11Netanyahu during a summer holiday in August without telling

0:02:11 > 0:02:12the Foreign Office in advance.

0:02:12 > 0:02:16It is now believed she had at least one further meeting with senior

0:02:16 > 0:02:19Israeli officials after she returned home, and failed to tell

0:02:19 > 0:02:20Theresa May about it.

0:02:20 > 0:02:22Let's get more detail now from our political correspondent

0:02:22 > 0:02:26Leila Nathoo.

0:02:26 > 0:02:30It is interesting, because more seems to be coming out. How certain

0:02:30 > 0:02:35is Priti Patel's future?I don't think it is looking good at all for

0:02:35 > 0:02:40Priti Patel at the moment. She is still in her job for now but

0:02:40 > 0:02:44possibly only because she is on an official visit to Africa so Theresa

0:02:44 > 0:02:48May did not have a chance to speak with her last night. She has already

0:02:48 > 0:02:50been reprimanded by Downing Street holding a series of unauthorised

0:02:50 > 0:02:54meetings in Israel while she was on holiday there in the summer, without

0:02:54 > 0:02:57the presence of officials or the knowledge of the Foreign Office. She

0:02:57 > 0:03:03even met the Israeli Prime Minister, Anjuman Netanyahu. Now, Priti Patel

0:03:03 > 0:03:07had to go on the record to correct an initial statement that she gave,

0:03:07 > 0:03:10correcting the number of meetings that she had, and for suggesting

0:03:10 > 0:03:14previously that the Foreign Office did know about what she was doing.

0:03:14 > 0:03:19Downing Street hold her in and reminded her of the ministerial

0:03:19 > 0:03:23code, and Theresa May, despite being under pressure them to sack her,

0:03:23 > 0:03:27considered the matter closed after she had received an apology. But now

0:03:27 > 0:03:32we understand that Downing Street is examining fresh revelations about

0:03:32 > 0:03:36the number of meetings that she held in Israel. And I don't think it is

0:03:36 > 0:03:41looking good for Priti Patel at all, and it is certainly not what Theresa

0:03:41 > 0:03:45May needs, at a time when her government is so fragile.Thank you

0:03:45 > 0:03:49very much, I imagine we will continue to talk about it this

0:03:49 > 0:03:51morning and in future days.

0:03:51 > 0:03:53Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to North Korea's leader,

0:03:53 > 0:03:56Kim Jong-un, in an address to South Korea's parliament.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59The US President urged all countries to join forces to isolate

0:03:59 > 0:04:01what he called the brutal regime of North Korea,

0:04:01 > 0:04:05saying the world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that

0:04:05 > 0:04:06threatens it with nuclear devastation.

0:04:06 > 0:04:12It is our responsibility, and our duty, to confront this danger

0:04:12 > 0:04:18together. Because the longer we wait, the greater the danger grows,

0:04:18 > 0:04:26and the fewer the options become.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29In the next hour Donald Trump is expected to arrive in China,

0:04:29 > 0:04:31as he continues his tour of Asia.

0:04:31 > 0:04:34From there, our Beijing correspondent Stephen McDonell joins

0:04:34 > 0:04:35us.

0:04:35 > 0:04:39Thank you very much for your time this morning. What can we expect

0:04:39 > 0:04:44from Donald Trump's visit?

0:04:44 > 0:04:48I am standing outside the forbidden city in Beijing, and this is the

0:04:48 > 0:04:52first place Donald Trump will come to in about 45 minutes. The US

0:04:52 > 0:04:56president will touch down and then in convoy come directly to the

0:04:56 > 0:05:01forbidden city where he will meet Xi Jinping for a tea ceremony and a

0:05:01 > 0:05:05walk around the old imperial powers. It will be interesting to see what

0:05:05 > 0:05:09they talk about in the coming days, because Donald Trump pose the

0:05:09 > 0:05:12rhetorical question of China today, why would you want to be friends

0:05:12 > 0:05:17with North Korea? Why would you want to be supporting North Korea, given

0:05:17 > 0:05:20its appalling human rights record. The Chinese government's message

0:05:20 > 0:05:24will be we are doing everything we can to uphold these UN sanctions,

0:05:24 > 0:05:29the pressure North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons. I suppose

0:05:29 > 0:05:33between the two of them they will have a difference of opinion over

0:05:33 > 0:05:37just how tight those screws should be turned on North Korea. And it

0:05:37 > 0:05:41will be interesting if, in the coming days, they can come up with

0:05:41 > 0:05:44some sort of concrete development, some way to move this forward. At

0:05:44 > 0:05:46the moment it is pretty much a stalemate.

0:05:46 > 0:05:49The Prince of Wales has been accused of calling for changes

0:05:49 > 0:05:52to international climate agreements without disclosing that his private

0:05:52 > 0:05:54estate stood to benefit from the reforms he supported,

0:05:54 > 0:05:57thanks to an investment in a close friend's company in Bermuda.

0:05:57 > 0:06:00The revelations come from a number of leaked documents about tax

0:06:00 > 0:06:02havens, known as the Paradise Papers.

0:06:02 > 0:06:06It is the second time this week that a member of the royal family

0:06:06 > 0:06:08has been named.

0:06:08 > 0:06:15Andy Verity reports.

0:06:15 > 0:06:18Prince Charles has campaigned on the environment for decades,

0:06:18 > 0:06:22and especially for the rainforest.

0:06:22 > 0:06:28Today, he is due to arrive in India, after flying from Malaysia,

0:06:28 > 0:06:31as criticism grew at home of his failure to disclose a secret

0:06:31 > 0:06:33financial stake in a company in Bermuda.

0:06:33 > 0:06:36On the right here is the late Hugh van Cutsem,

0:06:36 > 0:06:38one of the Prince's oldest friends.

0:06:38 > 0:06:40He was a director of Sustainable Forestry Management

0:06:40 > 0:06:42Limited,

0:06:42 > 0:06:45a firm that managed tropical rainforests, registered in Bermuda,

0:06:45 > 0:06:48The company wanted to trade in carbon credits.

0:06:48 > 0:06:52But tropical rainforests weren't included

0:06:52 > 0:06:56in carbon-trading schemes, so it needed the rules changed.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59In February 2007, the Duchy buys 50 shares in van Cutsem's

0:06:59 > 0:07:03company, worth $113,500.

0:07:03 > 0:07:05At that time, SFM's directors agreed to keep

0:07:05 > 0:07:09the Duchy's shares confidential.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Mr van Cutsem asked for lobbying documents to be sent

0:07:11 > 0:07:14to the Prince's office,

0:07:14 > 0:07:16and soon the Prince was making speeches

0:07:16 > 0:07:18campaigning for changes to two international agreements

0:07:18 > 0:07:21on carbon credits.

0:07:21 > 0:07:23In June 2008, Duchy sold its shares for $325,000, a profit

0:07:23 > 0:07:26of more than $200,000.

0:07:26 > 0:07:31Well, I think it's a serious conflict.

0:07:31 > 0:07:33There's a conflict of interest between his own investments

0:07:33 > 0:07:36of the Duchy of Cornwall, and what he's trying

0:07:36 > 0:07:38to achieve publicly.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40Clarence House said...

0:07:48 > 0:07:53There is no suggestion of illegality, nor that

0:07:53 > 0:07:56Prince Charles's campaigning caused the share price of his friend's

0:07:56 > 0:07:59company to rise.

0:07:59 > 0:08:01Nor is it suggested that the Duchy was seeking

0:08:01 > 0:08:02to avoid tax.

0:08:02 > 0:08:03Andrew Verity, BBC News.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

0:08:06 > 0:08:08to give details about his decision to sack Carl Sargeant,

0:08:08 > 0:08:11a member of his Cabinet, who was found dead yesterday.

0:08:11 > 0:08:13Mr Sargeant left his post and was suspended

0:08:13 > 0:08:15by the Labour Party, pending an investigation

0:08:15 > 0:08:17into allegations made by a number of women.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21It is understood there is now deep unease within the Welsh Labour group

0:08:21 > 0:08:25about the treatment he received.

0:08:25 > 0:08:27Five rail operators are facing disruption due to strike action

0:08:27 > 0:08:29by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union.

0:08:29 > 0:08:31Workers on Southern, Greater Anglia, and South-Western Railway

0:08:31 > 0:08:34are striking for 48 hours, while staff on Merseyrail

0:08:34 > 0:08:36and Northern have walked out for 24 hours.

0:08:36 > 0:08:48The union is in dispute over driver-only-operated trains.

0:08:48 > 0:08:51The body which tackles doping in sport in the UK fears it could be

0:08:51 > 0:08:53made insolvent, or require a Government bailout,

0:08:53 > 0:08:55over a dispute with boxer Tyson Fury.

0:08:55 > 0:08:59Sources close to UK Anti-Doping have told BBC Sport it may face serious

0:08:59 > 0:09:01financial issues if it loses a long-running case against Fury

0:09:01 > 0:09:03and his boxer cousin Hughie.

0:09:03 > 0:09:05Our Sport news correspondent Richard Conway joins us

0:09:05 > 0:09:10from our London newsroom.

0:09:10 > 0:09:16What is the background to this case?

0:09:16 > 0:09:22Yes, Tyson Fury and his cousin were found to have an adverse doping test

0:09:22 > 0:09:27back in June 2016 for a band anabolic steroid. They say, their

0:09:27 > 0:09:32defence, is that they got it from eating wild boar -- banned. The case

0:09:32 > 0:09:37has gone on for a number of months and it has got to the point where it

0:09:37 > 0:09:41will go to a tribunal, there has been a lot of disputed evidence, and

0:09:41 > 0:09:44I am being told that senior figures are saying if they lose the face,

0:09:44 > 0:09:48case and it goes to appeal in Switzerland, eventually, they could

0:09:48 > 0:09:53be facing a loss of earnings lawsuit from Tyson Fury. Given he earns

0:09:53 > 0:09:58around £5 million per flight and given that UK anti-doping, the body

0:09:58 > 0:10:03responsible for maintaining clean sport, their budget is just under £8

0:10:03 > 0:10:06million, you can see there is a big problem is that eventually

0:10:06 > 0:10:09transpires. Senior figures are said to have discussed this at board

0:10:09 > 0:10:13level, and it has been discussed by the government, but both bodies are

0:10:13 > 0:10:17keen to pursue the case because they think it is important for the

0:10:17 > 0:10:20integrity of the anti-doping process, so no desire to back down.

0:10:20 > 0:10:23Sheep have demonstrated the ability to recognise familiar human faces,

0:10:23 > 0:10:28according to a study.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30After receiving training, a group of Welsh Mountain sheep

0:10:30 > 0:10:32could pick out the faces of celebrities actors

0:10:32 > 0:10:35Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson, former US President Barack Obama,

0:10:35 > 0:10:42and BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44The sheep chose photos of the celebrity faces

0:10:44 > 0:10:48when presented next to unfamiliar faces.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51Researchers say it shows sheep possess similar face recognition

0:10:51 > 0:10:57abilities to primates.

0:10:57 > 0:11:02And where is Fiona Bruce? That's what I want to know.She will be

0:11:02 > 0:11:07there eventually. Do you know that, I did a little bit of extra digging

0:11:07 > 0:11:11and eight times out of ten they pick the right face.And even when they

0:11:11 > 0:11:16change the angle of the face they were still pretty accurate.Then

0:11:16 > 0:11:21they went even deeper and they put a picture of their handler up there,

0:11:21 > 0:11:24and they went to their handler seven times out of ten rather than the

0:11:24 > 0:11:30other face. You see?It is all about scientific research into a

0:11:30 > 0:11:34particular disease, isn't it? We will talk about it later.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36Later on this morning: Strictly's Jonnie and Oti

0:11:36 > 0:11:37will be here.

0:11:37 > 0:11:40We will get their reaction to the shock departure of Aston

0:11:40 > 0:11:41on Sunday night.

0:11:41 > 0:11:44We will also find out how their foxtrot is coming along,

0:11:44 > 0:11:45ahead of Saturday's big show.

0:11:45 > 0:11:46That is at 8:40am.

0:11:46 > 0:11:50And Andy Murray is back. He has been a notable absentee and at this time

0:11:50 > 0:11:54of year we are always looking towards the end of season finals in

0:11:54 > 0:12:00both the men and the women's game. No Andy Murray and no Jo Konta. Good

0:12:00 > 0:12:04to see Andy Murray back out on the court, but perhaps the most

0:12:04 > 0:12:08significant thing is that he is saying he will not play at the

0:12:08 > 0:12:13Australian Open at the start of next year unless he is 100% fit, and

0:12:13 > 0:12:17there were signs last night that he is still hobbling around a bit. He

0:12:17 > 0:12:20is still not 100%, but good to see him back.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23He says he hopes to return to competitive action in Brisbane

0:12:23 > 0:12:27ahead of the Australian Open in January, but only if he is 100% fit.

0:12:27 > 0:12:30He played Roger Federer at a charity event in Glasgow last night,

0:12:30 > 0:12:35his first match since a hip injury.

0:12:35 > 0:12:37Back in the Premier League, the former Sunderland

0:12:37 > 0:12:39and Manchester United manager David Moyes took charge of training

0:12:39 > 0:12:44yesterday, following his appointment at West Ham.

0:12:44 > 0:12:47Gareth Southgate has lost three more players from his squad,

0:12:47 > 0:12:48ahead of friendlies with Germany and Brazil.

0:12:48 > 0:12:51Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Fabian Delph have

0:12:51 > 0:12:56all withdrawn through injury.

0:12:56 > 0:12:59And England's women start the Test match that they can't afford

0:12:59 > 0:13:00to lose this evening.

0:13:00 > 0:13:02Defeat would mean Australia retain the Ashes.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04The men are also in action.

0:13:04 > 0:13:08They are playing in the first of two warmup matches before

0:13:08 > 0:13:17the series gets underway.

0:13:17 > 0:13:25Obviously a pair of big matches for both of women and the men.And in

0:13:25 > 0:13:29the sunshine as well.What a place to be at this time of year.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31Here is Carol with a look at this morning's weather.

0:13:31 > 0:13:32Good morning.

0:13:32 > 0:13:38Good morning.Good morning all. This morning if you have not stepped

0:13:38 > 0:13:42outside, it is a chilly start to the day. Temperatures not far off

0:13:42 > 0:13:46freezing for many parts. You won't be surprised to hear there is a

0:13:46 > 0:13:50touch of frost. There are also pockets of patchy and fog, but they

0:13:50 > 0:13:53should lift readily. A weather front in the south-east producing some

0:13:53 > 0:13:58cloud and also some rain and drizzle. Nothing too heavy at this

0:13:58 > 0:14:02stage. But as we move away from that we are back under clearer skies, and

0:14:02 > 0:14:06look at the temperatures. It is rather nippy and these are the

0:14:06 > 0:14:09temperatures at eight a.m.. Not the current temperatures but it also

0:14:09 > 0:14:13means there will be a fair bit of sunshine first thing across the

0:14:13 > 0:14:15south-west, through the Midlands, Wales, northern England, Northern

0:14:15 > 0:14:25Ireland and also Scotland. Of Scotland, you can see waiting in the

0:14:25 > 0:14:27winds another weather front coming our way. That will introduce some

0:14:27 > 0:14:31wet and windy conditions as we go through the course of the day. So

0:14:31 > 0:14:35away from the north-west of Scotland and the south-east of England there

0:14:35 > 0:14:38will be a fine day with lengthy sunny spells. We have the wind

0:14:38 > 0:14:40arrows on because they will strengthen, especially across the

0:14:40 > 0:14:44far north of mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles. Later we are

0:14:44 > 0:14:46looking at ales, especially with exposure. Temperatures, well, we

0:14:46 > 0:14:50have the cloud in the rain, up to 11 in Stornoway. Where we have the

0:14:50 > 0:14:55south-east, up to around ten. In between, the range of eight to 11.

0:14:55 > 0:14:59It won't be too bad for the time of year. As we head on through the

0:14:59 > 0:15:02evening and overnight our rain and drizzle sinks southwards across UK.

0:15:02 > 0:15:06Not getting as far as the south-east. Behind it, clearer

0:15:06 > 0:15:11skies. Again maybe some frost around in sheltered glens and still pretty

0:15:11 > 0:15:15windy. Blustery showers across the very far north of Scotland. That

0:15:15 > 0:15:19leads us into tomorrow, the wind abates and then it picks up later on

0:15:19 > 0:15:23in the day. Meanwhile, the cloud in the drizzle which is left to push

0:15:23 > 0:15:27away towards the near continent and it right and is up from the north.

0:15:27 > 0:15:32Temperatures tomorrow, look at this. 14 degrees in Cardiff is pretty good

0:15:32 > 0:15:37for this stage in November. And then, as we move from Thursday into

0:15:37 > 0:15:40Friday, things are still fairly changeable. We have a weather front

0:15:40 > 0:15:44coming in, pushing across the UK, bringing some rain from the west

0:15:44 > 0:15:48later in the day on Friday and generally on Friday there will be a

0:15:48 > 0:15:52lot of dry weather around. You will also be a fair bit of cloud at

0:15:52 > 0:15:55times, and we will see those showers across the far north.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58Temperature-wise we are looking at about seven, eight or nine in the

0:15:58 > 0:16:03northern half of the country. Though the south, tentative team. Don't get

0:16:03 > 0:16:07used to this. As we head into the weekend it looks like it will turn

0:16:07 > 0:16:10that bit colder. The brightest weather during the course of the

0:16:10 > 0:16:15weekend is likely to be in the central slice of the country. This

0:16:15 > 0:16:19spine in the north and west and east will see some showers, so a bit more

0:16:19 > 0:16:23changeable. That is how it is looking for now.Thank you very

0:16:23 > 0:16:27much, you will be with us all morning and we will see you in half

0:16:27 > 0:16:33an hour. Thank you.

0:16:33 > 0:16:38The Guardian are talking about the Paradise Papers. We will be talking

0:16:38 > 0:16:43about this morning. Prince Charles and his estate making a profit on a

0:16:43 > 0:16:49stake in an offshore firm. We will talk about that later. The

0:16:49 > 0:16:53Express. Sugar speeds up dementia and makes the condition more severe,

0:16:53 > 0:17:01say experts. We will be talking about a key member of a labour macro

0:17:01 > 0:17:07party in Wales. He takes his own life after shocking sex claims --

0:17:07 > 0:17:12Labour. Front page of the Daily Telegraph

0:17:12 > 0:17:15talks about Priti Patel and her future. I've just spotted this

0:17:15 > 0:17:21because I know that you are one of these people who allows 280

0:17:21 > 0:17:25characters on Twitter. It happened last night.

0:17:25 > 0:17:29A circle appeared. Christmas has come early.

0:17:29 > 0:17:35I think less is more. In all honesty I sent the first one

0:17:35 > 0:17:39last night and after halfway through it I ran out of things to say.

0:17:39 > 0:17:43It is from 9pm last night 280 characters became available to all

0:17:43 > 0:17:48users. So I could get it.

0:17:48 > 0:17:53But I tried to do a tweet and it wasn't any longer. For me. But

0:17:53 > 0:18:01clearly I'm not a special as Dan. I feel very privileged!

0:18:01 > 0:18:06Jeremy Corbyn labelled and hypocrite.

0:18:06 > 0:18:16And Damian Lewis received and to be yesterday. -- an OBE. The Daily Mail

0:18:16 > 0:18:24talks about the case of a mother was spared jail yesterday after a judge

0:18:24 > 0:18:29to 80 on her. There's quite a lot going on in the

0:18:29 > 0:18:40business world. Not least a possible merger between end power and SSE.

0:18:40 > 0:18:46And power. Lots of people are asking what this will mean the competition

0:18:46 > 0:18:50because if you look at the figures, the big six energy companies have

0:18:50 > 0:18:55been losing customers to the smaller companies, so I think they want to

0:18:55 > 0:19:00try and shake things up a bit and create this huge energy company. It

0:19:00 > 0:19:04will have to be 4% of the market share compared to British Gas which

0:19:04 > 0:19:10has 92% at the moment. There are lots of questions round what it will

0:19:10 > 0:19:14mean for prices because if there are fewer competitors surely that will

0:19:14 > 0:19:17mean there would be as much competition. I'll be talking about

0:19:17 > 0:19:23that later. Not something you see every day. Mr

0:19:23 > 0:19:29Cool, Roger Federer, in a kilt. Have we got pictures of him?

0:19:29 > 0:19:33We have. You know he is famous for his killer backhand, this doesn't

0:19:33 > 0:19:38slow him down. It's brilliant. Get into the net

0:19:38 > 0:19:42could be difficult. I suppose so. It could get caught

0:19:42 > 0:19:48up, perhaps. Female tennis players... Most of

0:19:48 > 0:19:52them where... Slightly shorter.

0:19:52 > 0:19:59But they wear skorts underneath. And obviously Andy Murray was

0:19:59 > 0:20:05getting in on the act as well. I didn't realise, someone in the

0:20:05 > 0:20:10crowd handed them the kilt. I think that's great sport. Exactly.

0:20:10 > 0:20:15And the ginger wig. We've got pictures of that coming

0:20:15 > 0:20:20up. I wanted to show you this. You know we always get a rumbling

0:20:20 > 0:20:27security story. This is a young man who has a false leg from a motorbike

0:20:27 > 0:20:35accident. He is on a four week curfew. When they turned up the man

0:20:35 > 0:20:41from the security firm said, which led to you wanted on? So for a jokey

0:20:41 > 0:20:45set, surely they won't put it on a fake one, they said, feel all right?

0:20:45 > 0:20:53He said, yes. The tag was on his removable limb!

0:20:53 > 0:20:58A report out today says kids have sent 65,000 phone messages by the

0:20:58 > 0:21:04age of 14. By the age of 14 kids have typically said the 65,000 text

0:21:04 > 0:21:11and WhatsApp messages. Isn't it a surprise when you think...

0:21:11 > 0:21:14But at what age are you getting a phone?

0:21:14 > 0:21:20That's the question. This is eight to 14.

0:21:20 > 0:21:24I've seen a child with a book trying to swipe it. A physical book.

0:21:24 > 0:21:32I've gone to photographs and tried to do that.

0:21:32 > 0:21:37Why can't they make it bigger? We went to a restaurant three weeks

0:21:37 > 0:21:43ago and everybody at the table... They had their phones out. I know it

0:21:43 > 0:21:47annoys a lot of people... It keeps everyone quiet.

0:21:47 > 0:21:52But if you are going to go out, a special occasion, have a chat.

0:21:52 > 0:21:56I feel like I'm being told. It's you!

0:21:56 > 0:21:59See you both later.

0:21:59 > 0:22:02The Prince of Wales has been accused of calling for changes

0:22:02 > 0:22:05to international climate agreements without disclosing that his private

0:22:05 > 0:22:07estate stood to benefit from the proposed reforms.

0:22:07 > 0:22:10The details emerged in the latest leak of financial documents known

0:22:10 > 0:22:14as the Paradise Papers.

0:22:14 > 0:22:16Joining us now from outside the Prince's London residence

0:22:16 > 0:22:19is our Royal correspondent Daniela Relph.

0:22:19 > 0:22:25This is the second story we've had in a weak ripple -- relating to be

0:22:25 > 0:22:28Paradise Papers and the Royal family. Has there been any

0:22:28 > 0:22:34definitive statement from the Palace?This has been an unhelpful

0:22:34 > 0:22:38few days for the Royal family with this further revelations. The Prince

0:22:38 > 0:22:44of Wales is currently moving from Malaysia to India today, on a

0:22:44 > 0:22:50Southeast Asian two. They has been a careful defence of the Prince of

0:22:50 > 0:22:54Wales from Clarence House. In terms of investments made by the Duchy of

0:22:54 > 0:22:58Cornwall, offshore investments, Clarence House has said the Prince

0:22:58 > 0:23:02of Wales is not directly involved. Any big decisions made about

0:23:02 > 0:23:07investments from the Duchy of Cornwall. On the tricky issue of the

0:23:07 > 0:23:10Prince of Wales investing in a company of a friend of his and

0:23:10 > 0:23:14making speeches linked to the areas that the company worked on and then

0:23:14 > 0:23:18making a profit from his investment, Clarence House on that issue say

0:23:18 > 0:23:21that there is not a conflict of interest. This was not an investment

0:23:21 > 0:23:26made for financial gain, it was one made because of the issues the

0:23:26 > 0:23:29company worked on, the environment, the sustainability of rainforests,

0:23:29 > 0:23:33and these are issues that are completely consistent with the work

0:23:33 > 0:23:37that the Prince of Wales over a number of years has done. So this

0:23:37 > 0:23:42was effectively the prince putting his money where his mouth is. But

0:23:42 > 0:23:46this does the other couple of issues that are difficult for the Royal

0:23:46 > 0:23:50family. It has led to a number of calls from MPs and lobby groups for

0:23:50 > 0:23:54there to be greater transparency over Royal finances. It also shows

0:23:54 > 0:23:58up the difficulty is that you have when you have a Prince of Wales who

0:23:58 > 0:24:01is also an activist, a campaigner and a lobbyist because that does

0:24:01 > 0:24:06expose him more to allegations of conflicts of interest.Thank you

0:24:06 > 0:24:12very much for that this morning. I want to show you this lovely

0:24:12 > 0:24:17picture. It's that time of year when the colours, is just saw them in

0:24:17 > 0:24:19London on the screen then, the colours are just absolutely

0:24:19 > 0:24:25fantastic. This is just one picture. If you've got beautiful autumnal

0:24:25 > 0:24:30pictures this morning, send them in. I tried to take pictures of the

0:24:30 > 0:24:33Leeds yesterday but it was disappointing because when you are

0:24:33 > 0:24:37looking at it the colours are so vibrant and on your phone it's not

0:24:37 > 0:24:41the same -- pictures of leaves. Yesterday the new cameras on phones

0:24:41 > 0:24:42might they look better than real life.

0:24:42 > 0:24:51Do they? Not on my phone! Plenty to come this morning. We will

0:24:51 > 0:24:57be joined by Jonnie Peacock. If you have any questions about judging, if

0:24:57 > 0:25:02you want to keep people in Strictly you have to vote for them. Vote in

0:25:02 > 0:25:12the dams. -- dance off. And there's a new album out about

0:25:12 > 0:25:16Matt King call. We'll be talking about that later.

0:25:16 > 0:25:19Still to come: She was forced to swim for her life after fleeing

0:25:19 > 0:25:22Syria and in less than a year Yusra Mardini became

0:25:22 > 0:25:27the first athlete to represent the refugee team at Rio 2016.

0:25:27 > 0:25:31We'll hear about the plans for a film based on her life

0:25:31 > 0:25:37and the swimmer's Tokyo 2020 ambitions.

0:25:37 > 0:29:00Time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are.

0:29:00 > 0:29:02in half an hour.

0:29:02 > 0:29:04Plenty more on our website.

0:29:04 > 0:29:05Bye for now.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

0:29:12 > 0:29:15Still to come: As the temperature drops, the battle commences over

0:29:15 > 0:29:16control of the thermostat.

0:29:16 > 0:29:22Steph will look at the ways we can all keep our energy bills low.

0:29:22 > 0:29:25They sailed through to this week's Strictly with their salsa.

0:29:25 > 0:29:28Jonnie and Oti join us, as they prepare to foxtrot their way

0:29:28 > 0:29:41back to the ballroom.

0:29:41 > 0:29:47# You will find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.

0:29:47 > 0:29:49The unforgettable voice of Gregory Porter.

0:29:49 > 0:29:52He will be here to tell us about his musical love letter

0:29:52 > 0:29:55to his father figure, the late, great Nat 'King' Cole.

0:29:55 > 0:29:56Good morning.

0:29:56 > 0:30:07Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News:

0:30:07 > 0:30:08Downing Street is examining new information about

0:30:08 > 0:30:10the International Development Secretary's unauthorised

0:30:10 > 0:30:12contacts with senior Israeli government officials.

0:30:12 > 0:30:14Priti Patel apologised for meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Netanyahu during a summer holiday in August without telling

0:30:16 > 0:30:18the Foreign Office in advance.

0:30:18 > 0:30:21It is now believed she had at least one further meeting with senior

0:30:21 > 0:30:24Israeli officials after she returned home, and failed to tell

0:30:24 > 0:30:27Theresa May about it.

0:30:27 > 0:30:30The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

0:30:30 > 0:30:33to give details about his decision to sack Carl Sargeant,

0:30:33 > 0:30:36a member of his Cabinet who was found dead yesterday.

0:30:36 > 0:30:38Mr Sargeant left his post and was suspended

0:30:38 > 0:30:40by the Labour Party, pending an investigation

0:30:40 > 0:30:42into allegations made by a number of women.

0:30:42 > 0:30:45It is understood there is now deep unease within the Welsh Labour group

0:30:45 > 0:30:49about the treatment he received.

0:30:49 > 0:30:52The Prince of Wales has been criticised for failing to disclose

0:30:52 > 0:30:55an investment by his private estate in an offshore company.

0:30:55 > 0:30:58The revelations come from a number of leaked documents about tax

0:30:58 > 0:30:59havens, known as the Paradise Papers.

0:30:59 > 0:31:03It is the second time this week that a member of the royal family

0:31:03 > 0:31:24has been named.

0:31:24 > 0:31:27Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to North Korea's leader,

0:31:27 > 0:31:35Kim Jong-un, in an address to South Korea's parliament.

0:31:35 > 0:31:38The US President urged all countries to join forces to isolate

0:31:38 > 0:31:40what he called the brutal regime of North Korea,

0:31:40 > 0:31:44saying the world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that

0:31:44 > 0:31:45threatens it with nuclear devastation.

0:31:45 > 0:31:49He indicated that America is still willing to negotiate with North

0:31:49 > 0:31:54Korea if it gave up its military ambitions. The number of homeless

0:31:54 > 0:31:59people in England has risen by nearly 14,000 in the last year,

0:31:59 > 0:32:05according to a new study. It found that there were 300,000 people

0:32:05 > 0:32:12homeless in the UK, and in reality the figure may be much higher.

0:32:12 > 0:32:15I don't like telling people where I live because people -

0:32:15 > 0:32:16they just automatically judge.

0:32:16 > 0:32:20I would just say to people that we live in, like, a flat.

0:32:20 > 0:32:22Gemma and her daughter live in a hostel in Cheshire.

0:32:22 > 0:32:25They have been homeless for the last 18 months.

0:32:25 > 0:32:29I loss my house, I lost my job, and I split with my partner

0:32:29 > 0:32:31of seven years, probably in the space of about six months.

0:32:31 > 0:32:33So everything just came crashing down.

0:32:33 > 0:32:42You just cried your eyes out when we left.

0:32:42 > 0:32:47I kept saying to myself, it will only be for

0:32:47 > 0:32:50a couple of months, but that's definitely not the case.

0:32:50 > 0:32:53The Shelter Study found that more than a quarter of a million people

0:32:53 > 0:33:00in England are homeless - that's nearly 14,000 more people

0:33:00 > 0:33:01than last year.

0:33:01 > 0:33:04The top ten highest rates are in London.

0:33:04 > 0:33:06In Newham, in 25 people is classes as homeless.

0:33:06 > 0:33:08Outside of London, Luton, Brighton and Manchester

0:33:08 > 0:33:10have some of the highest figures.

0:33:10 > 0:33:13Shelter are putting the rise down to a lack of affordable homes

0:33:13 > 0:33:16and welfare cuts and, with the cold winter months coming,

0:33:16 > 0:33:18they say this is the moment to tackle homelessness.

0:33:18 > 0:33:20Homelessness is one of the most appalling experiences anyone

0:33:20 > 0:33:21can go through.

0:33:21 > 0:33:24A lot of those people will be children.

0:33:24 > 0:33:26And, you know, it is a call, really, that something has

0:33:26 > 0:33:27to be done.

0:33:27 > 0:33:32The Government says it is investing £950 million to tackle homelessness

0:33:32 > 0:33:34but, for Gemma and Keira, the wait continues,

0:33:34 > 0:33:38as they try to find a new home and a new start.

0:33:38 > 0:33:45Ali Fortescue, BBC News.

0:33:45 > 0:33:48Five rail operators are facing disruption due to strike action

0:33:48 > 0:33:50by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union.

0:33:50 > 0:33:52Workers on Southern, Greater Anglia, and South-Western Railway

0:33:52 > 0:33:54are striking for 48 hours, while staff on Merseyrail

0:33:54 > 0:33:57and Northern have walked out for 24 hours.

0:33:57 > 0:34:00The union is in dispute over driver-only operated trains.

0:34:00 > 0:34:03Sheep have demonstrated the ability to recognise familiar human faces,

0:34:03 > 0:34:04according to a study.

0:34:04 > 0:34:06After receiving training, a group of Welsh Mountain sheep

0:34:06 > 0:34:08could pick out the faces of celebrities actors

0:34:08 > 0:34:11Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson, former US President Barack Obama,

0:34:11 > 0:34:22and BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce.

0:34:22 > 0:34:24The sheep chose photos of the celebrity faces

0:34:24 > 0:34:26when presented next to unfamiliar faces.

0:34:26 > 0:34:28Researchers say it shows sheep possess similar face recognition

0:34:28 > 0:34:37abilities to primates.

0:34:37 > 0:34:42I love that. I think we need to slow down and have a look, for example,

0:34:42 > 0:34:47at Barack Obama. The ship looks left and right and says that as Barack

0:34:47 > 0:34:59Obama, and has the treat.And they possess similar facial recognition

0:34:59 > 0:35:04abilities to primates. I am sure that has to be of some use.We will

0:35:04 > 0:35:08speak to someone involved in that research later. And the scientific

0:35:08 > 0:35:17importance of white sheep need to recognise people.How are we doing?

0:35:17 > 0:35:22It was all smiles last night. Andy Murray taking Roger Federer in a

0:35:22 > 0:35:26charity match. Lots of fun on court but I think there was a more serious

0:35:26 > 0:35:27point to it, the fact it was

0:35:27 > 0:35:29the first match Andy Murray

0:35:29 > 0:35:33has played since he exited Wimbledon in the summer. He has been

0:35:33 > 0:35:36struggling with this hip injury trying to get himself fit for the US

0:35:36 > 0:35:43Open. He is still not 100% fit but he is targeting a return next year

0:35:43 > 0:35:45and will only play if he is 100% fit.

0:35:45 > 0:35:48He played in his first match, losing in the quarter-finals.

0:35:48 > 0:35:51Last night, he was put through his paces at a charity event

0:35:51 > 0:35:54in Glasgow by Roger Federer, with the Swiss coming out on top.

0:35:54 > 0:35:57The workout was interspersed with some fun, including Federer

0:35:57 > 0:35:58putting on a kilt.

0:35:58 > 0:36:01It didn't stop him winning a game, and he and Murray turned it

0:36:01 > 0:36:04into a special souvenir for the fan who it belonged to.

0:36:04 > 0:36:08Before the match, Murray admitted it was a mistake trying to get ready

0:36:08 > 0:36:14for August's US Open.

0:36:14 > 0:36:19I am in a significantly better place than I was, you know, in the

0:36:19 > 0:36:23build-up to the US Open, and certainly at the end of Wimbledon,

0:36:23 > 0:36:26you know, I was really struggling down. Walking was, you know, a big

0:36:26 > 0:36:34problem for me, you know. So I just try to get myself back to 100%.

0:36:34 > 0:36:40And look how welcoming Andy Murray was. He provided Roger Federer with

0:36:40 > 0:36:43his grandmother's famous shortbread. Isn't that nice? What a welcome to

0:36:43 > 0:36:46Glasgow.

0:36:46 > 0:36:50David Moyes will face the media for the first time as West Ham

0:36:50 > 0:36:52manager later, and his appointment has been far from popular

0:36:52 > 0:36:54with many of the club's fans.

0:36:54 > 0:36:57Moyes arrived yesterday to take training, for the first time

0:36:57 > 0:36:58since replacing Slaven Bilic.

0:36:58 > 0:37:01He has been speaking to West Ham TV about his recent career,

0:37:01 > 0:37:03which included being relegated with Sunderland last season.

0:37:03 > 0:37:08It has only been the last job that I feel as if, you know, it wasn't a

0:37:08 > 0:37:12good move, and I didn't enjoy it and it didn't work out well. So I am

0:37:12 > 0:37:15hungry to make sure that I get things right. Any football manager

0:37:15 > 0:37:21wants to win, and that is what I want to do. I want to win and I want

0:37:21 > 0:37:24to make sure that for me the supporters, everybody, that we enjoy

0:37:24 > 0:37:27our Saturday nights because we are winning games.

0:37:27 > 0:37:29West Ham's owners have pointed to Moyes's success at Everton.

0:37:29 > 0:37:33But, when the BBC Sport website ran this poll yesterday asking if Moyes

0:37:33 > 0:37:36was the right choice for West Ham, look at the verdict.

0:37:36 > 0:37:40More than half of the votes cast said no.

0:37:40 > 0:37:42The anticipation is building in the Northern Ireland camp,

0:37:42 > 0:37:46ahead of two games which will decide whether they reach the World Cup.

0:37:46 > 0:37:48They are taking on Switzerland in Belfast tomorrow,

0:37:48 > 0:37:51and then in Basel on Sunday, hoping to reach their first

0:37:51 > 0:37:56World Cup since 1986.

0:37:56 > 0:38:01There will be a lot of excitement, there will be a few nerves and

0:38:01 > 0:38:04anticipation, everything thrown into the mix in terms of the motions

0:38:04 > 0:38:08going into the game but that just shows you the level of importance of

0:38:08 > 0:38:12it and what is riding on it. We want to go out there and try and enjoy it

0:38:12 > 0:38:15as much as possible through the process as well, ultimately achieve

0:38:15 > 0:38:19what we want to achieve, and that is get to the World Cup.

0:38:19 > 0:38:22It never rains but it pours for England boss Gareth Southgate.

0:38:22 > 0:38:25Another three players have pulled out of his squad,

0:38:25 > 0:38:27ahead of the friendlies with Germany and Brazil.

0:38:27 > 0:38:29Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Fabian Delph have all withdrawn

0:38:29 > 0:38:32through injury, so that is now six players gone from

0:38:32 > 0:38:33the original squad.

0:38:33 > 0:38:35Burnley's Jack Cork has been called up.

0:38:35 > 0:38:37England are playing the opening first-class match

0:38:37 > 0:38:38of their Ashes tour.

0:38:38 > 0:38:40They are batting first against a Cricket Australia 11.

0:38:40 > 0:38:42England 97-2.

0:38:42 > 0:38:45Alastair Cook and James Vince the men out, Mark Stoneman

0:38:45 > 0:38:47on his way to a half-century.

0:38:47 > 0:38:50Meanwhile, the legendary West Indies batsman Viv Richards,

0:38:50 > 0:38:53who has been in London to promote Caribbean tourism after the recent

0:38:53 > 0:38:59hurricanes, thinks England will miss Ben Stokes's influence.

0:38:59 > 0:39:06Having someone like Stokes, who is pretty strong in himself about how

0:39:06 > 0:39:10he feels, the confidence that he brings, it is going to be quite

0:39:10 > 0:39:14crucial down under. I was hearing that it was a little touch and go

0:39:14 > 0:39:19whether he is going to be down under or not, but let me say this. Without

0:39:19 > 0:39:23a Ben Stokes down under, the English team is going to look like kittens.

0:39:23 > 0:39:26The next few days could decide whether England's women have any

0:39:26 > 0:39:28chance of regaining the Ashes.

0:39:28 > 0:39:31They are preparing for the Test match which starts tomorrow in

0:39:31 > 0:39:32Sydney.

0:39:32 > 0:39:35If Australia win, then they will be certain of retaining the Ashes.

0:39:35 > 0:39:39So the pressure is on England, who are two points behind them under

0:39:39 > 0:39:40the series' scoring format.

0:39:40 > 0:39:48But they have told us they won't be going into their shells.

0:39:48 > 0:39:53We want to be positive anyway, in any game that we play. But I think

0:39:53 > 0:39:58it's really crucial that, in a four day game like this, that you don't a

0:39:58 > 0:40:03typical, you know, slow innings. That you play positively. Your

0:40:03 > 0:40:06intent is to score first, and survive second.

0:40:06 > 0:40:09Irish rugby union referee Joy Neville will become the first

0:40:09 > 0:40:12woman to take charge of a European professional club

0:40:12 > 0:40:13fixture next month.

0:40:13 > 0:40:15She has already acted as an assistant referee,

0:40:15 > 0:40:18and now the former Ireland captain is due to take the whistle

0:40:18 > 0:40:27for a match in the Challenge Cup next month.

0:40:27 > 0:40:32What a great moment that will be for her.Thank you very much indeed. We

0:40:32 > 0:40:36will talk now about President Trump, and we will show you live pictures

0:40:36 > 0:40:41from China, from Beijing, in the last few moments. Air Force One just

0:40:41 > 0:40:46landed there. He is of course on this visit. Eight days, he has just

0:40:46 > 0:40:49arrived from South Korea where he addressed Parliament in the early

0:40:49 > 0:40:53hours of this morning, and we will talk to our next guest while we

0:40:53 > 0:40:58watch pictures, as well.They are moving the steps into position so

0:40:58 > 0:41:01the President and first Lady can come down from Air Force One. They

0:41:01 > 0:41:08will go straight to the forbidden city, and then there will be tea for

0:41:08 > 0:41:11the various first Lady is, they will meet a number of dignitaries but

0:41:11 > 0:41:16have a guided tour of the forbidden city, another busy day ahead on that

0:41:16 > 0:41:20tour of Asia.We will stay with these pictures to see how soon they

0:41:20 > 0:41:24get off the plane, while we talk to our next guest.

0:41:24 > 0:41:27Joining us from our London newsroom is North Korea analyst Paul French.

0:41:27 > 0:41:32First of all, if we back up a bit, you can see the President arriving

0:41:32 > 0:41:36in China but he addressed the South Korean parliament in the early hours

0:41:36 > 0:41:41of this morning. His tone in some ways was toned down. What do you

0:41:41 > 0:41:46make of what he said?Well, the first job he had to do was reassure

0:41:46 > 0:41:49South Koreans and their lawmakers and politicians that the alliance

0:41:49 > 0:41:53between America and South Korea, the military alliance, is absolutely

0:41:53 > 0:41:58firm. And this is the first chance he has had to do that on South

0:41:58 > 0:42:02Korean soil. So he did that, and he had to address the North Korean

0:42:02 > 0:42:06question as well, which he did.He talked about North Korea being ruled

0:42:06 > 0:42:13by a military cult with a deranged belief in the leader's destiny to

0:42:13 > 0:42:17rule, and an enslaved Korean people. The tone is different, but he is

0:42:17 > 0:42:21still very clear what he thinks about the North Korean leadership.

0:42:21 > 0:42:25Yes, and I don't think that will come as a great surprise to the

0:42:25 > 0:42:29North Koreans or everyone else. President Trump is slightly more

0:42:29 > 0:42:32flowery in his language than previous presidents have been

0:42:32 > 0:42:36although the line is pretty much the same about given rights abuses and

0:42:36 > 0:42:41the danger of North Korea's nuclear ambitions. But on the other hand, he

0:42:41 > 0:42:45didn't direct anything directly at Kim Jong-un, the leader, of course,

0:42:45 > 0:42:49and on the other side, the North Koreans have not done any missile

0:42:49 > 0:42:52tests for a couple of months and didn't do anything spectacular

0:42:52 > 0:42:56knowing that Trump was coming to the region. So the idea that there could

0:42:56 > 0:42:59be some sort of talks or breakthrough ahead, and that will be

0:42:59 > 0:43:05on the agenda in Beijing today, is quite likely, I think.That is very

0:43:05 > 0:43:10interesting. As you say, he is in Beijing. China is North Korea's

0:43:10 > 0:43:14chief economic supporter, so there is a sense that China could be the

0:43:14 > 0:43:20key here.Well, yes. I don't think we should overstate that. China has

0:43:20 > 0:43:23been involved in sanctions now more than it has been before, but still,

0:43:23 > 0:43:27people who think that the idea is that all China has to do is be

0:43:27 > 0:43:31persuaded over the phone that North Korea should give up its nuclear

0:43:31 > 0:43:34weapons and that that will happen, that is not the case. What we want

0:43:34 > 0:43:38is for China to be part of a broad front, including South Korea, Japan

0:43:38 > 0:43:46and Russia, to try and toned down the nuclear ambitions from

0:43:46 > 0:43:49Pyongyang. And that is still possible. What we are slightly

0:43:49 > 0:43:53worried about is that what Trump may suggest is that they have to get rid

0:43:53 > 0:43:57of all their nuclear weapons, and I'm afraid that that ship has

0:43:57 > 0:44:02sailed.Of course, they are quite different, aren't they? The Chinese

0:44:02 > 0:44:05leader, Xi Jinping, a lifelong communist, and the billionaire US

0:44:05 > 0:44:12president. How do they get on?Well, hard to say. We don't get much

0:44:12 > 0:44:16interaction between them. Xi is not the most forthcoming, the Chinese

0:44:16 > 0:44:20state is not the most forthcoming, so we will see what happens. North

0:44:20 > 0:44:24Korea is a problem for both of them, I think both of them would like to

0:44:24 > 0:44:28deal with trade. Trump has this very big agenda for his domestic audience

0:44:28 > 0:44:31back in the United States, of trying to do something about the unbalanced

0:44:31 > 0:44:33trade balance. Xi

0:44:33 > 0:44:36to do something about the unbalanced trade balance. Xi, of course, has to

0:44:36 > 0:44:39keep a relationship with America as a massive customer for China makes.

0:44:39 > 0:44:44They have many, many mutual interests, and North Korea is one of

0:44:44 > 0:44:47those, but it is one that has slightly overshadowed and dominated

0:44:47 > 0:44:54a lot of the discussion at the moment.We are looking at pictures

0:44:54 > 0:44:58of the president arriving in China. How will they be dealing with this

0:44:58 > 0:45:05visit? Security must be very tight. How is it viewed in China?I always

0:45:05 > 0:45:12think of China as being similar to Britain when foreign dignitaries

0:45:12 > 0:45:16come, in that they know how to put on a show. Going to the forbidden

0:45:16 > 0:45:21city, being taken around Beijing. I don't know what else. But all of

0:45:21 > 0:45:25this is to reiterate the Donald Trump that China is an ancient

0:45:25 > 0:45:31culture, a large country, now of course economically, diplomatically,

0:45:31 > 0:45:36militarily a world power and that he should sort of understand that. That

0:45:36 > 0:45:42they would be talked down to. I think that's very much what they

0:45:42 > 0:45:46want to convey to him at the moment. He will be very well looked after,

0:45:46 > 0:45:49very well fed, he will hopefully drink lots of tea and hopefully we

0:45:49 > 0:45:55can get discussions going. The report between the two men when Xi

0:45:55 > 0:46:00visited Mar-a-Lago seems to be quite good, when America then launched

0:46:00 > 0:46:07missiles at Syria.So hopefully that will continue. One last question.

0:46:07 > 0:46:11This is an eight day visit and so far so good from the president's

0:46:11 > 0:46:16point of view?Yes. With President Trump we always worry that he might

0:46:16 > 0:46:23go off scrip, off message. So far things have gone well. Again, some

0:46:23 > 0:46:28wiggle room in negotiations with North Korea, but there will be a

0:46:28 > 0:46:32restating of the commitment to both Japan and South Korea. Hopefully

0:46:32 > 0:46:36talks with Xi will go well and then it's on to the Philippines and

0:46:36 > 0:46:39Vietnam, which does raise the tricky question about Chinese ambitions in

0:46:39 > 0:46:43the South China Sea, but I think that will be left on the backburner.

0:46:43 > 0:46:53North Korea dominates most.Thank you. That's Air Force One arriving

0:46:53 > 0:46:55in Beijing and they're certainly pomp and circumstance surrounding

0:46:55 > 0:47:01it. The Chinese military are lining we

0:47:01 > 0:47:05route that President Trump and the First Lady will take when they get

0:47:05 > 0:47:09off the aircraft and then they will go straight to the forbidden city

0:47:09 > 0:47:14where they will meet Xi Jinping and then there's the talk the -- there

0:47:14 > 0:47:24is a tour of the forbidden city later today and then a First Lady's

0:47:24 > 0:47:29dinner as well later. We will come back here and we will

0:47:29 > 0:47:35go back to that later. I quite liked those steps!

0:47:35 > 0:47:41Steps or Carol? Empty steppes or Carol?

0:47:41 > 0:47:42Steps or Carol? Empty steppes or Carol?

0:47:42 > 0:47:48Good morning! If you haven't stepped outside it's a cold start. Last

0:47:48 > 0:47:51night temperatures fell to -5 in Northern Ireland and also in the

0:47:51 > 0:47:55Highlands. Those temperatures have picked up by a degree or so but

0:47:55 > 0:48:00these are current temperatures. In Edinburgh it is minus one. In

0:48:00 > 0:48:07Manchester, -1, with fog. You will notice the difference in London.

0:48:07 > 0:48:14More cloud, patchy rain and drizzle. Seven in Norwich. Where we have the

0:48:14 > 0:48:19cloud, patchy rain and drizzle. Otherwise, clear skies. A crisp

0:48:19 > 0:48:24start, with sunshine. We will carry on with this cloud and the patchy

0:48:24 > 0:48:28rain for a while in the south-east and East Anglia. Move away from

0:48:28 > 0:48:34that, by the skies. Some showers along the south-west coast, parts of

0:48:34 > 0:48:39Wales. Most of that will fade. Moving northwards we still have the

0:48:39 > 0:48:42sunshine. Patchy fog around Manchester and Carlisle. Patchy fog

0:48:42 > 0:48:48across Northern Ireland as well. And Glasgow. A lot of dry weather and

0:48:48 > 0:48:52clear skies. A cold and frosty start. The next weather front is

0:48:52 > 0:48:57waiting in the wings to come across the north-west of Scotland. It will

0:48:57 > 0:49:03introduce rain and windy conditions and ahead of it the cloud built in

0:49:03 > 0:49:05Scotland, Northern Ireland, eventually north-west England and

0:49:05 > 0:49:10Northwest Wales. The wind will strengthen, especially across

0:49:10 > 0:49:14mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles. With exposure, gales. The

0:49:14 > 0:49:20average temperature at this time of year is 9- 11, so we are almost ban

0:49:20 > 0:49:23on where we should be. Overnight the weather fronts are moving

0:49:23 > 0:49:28southwards, taking rain and drizzle. Any rain in the south-east would be

0:49:28 > 0:49:33heavy. We will also have clear skies developing across parts of Scotland

0:49:33 > 0:49:37and possibly the north of Northern Ireland. It will be a cold night and

0:49:37 > 0:49:41we could have a touch of frost. Still windy in the north, with those

0:49:41 > 0:49:46blustery showers. We start on a windy node in the north of Scotland.

0:49:46 > 0:49:50It will ease for retired and strengthen again. Still those

0:49:50 > 0:49:55showers, but a lot of dry weather and sunshine following on behind the

0:49:55 > 0:49:59weather front, taking this cloud and the rain and drizzle into the south

0:49:59 > 0:50:06of the country. Remember, average temperatures, 9- 11. Some of us 13-

0:50:06 > 0:50:1314, maybe even 15. As we move into Friday the weather front is gritting

0:50:13 > 0:50:17across Ireland and we will bring rain into whales through Friday. To

0:50:17 > 0:50:22the north of that we have something brighter, with a few showers. Still

0:50:22 > 0:50:30the highest temperatures in the south, but BP in the north. -- BP in

0:50:30 > 0:50:31the north.

0:50:31 > 0:50:34south, but BP in the north. -- BP in the north.

0:50:34 > 0:50:41They have now descended the empty stairs. There they are, furious

0:50:41 > 0:50:48waving flags by Chinese school students. We President and First

0:50:48 > 0:50:52Lady have touched down. In the early hours of the morning

0:50:52 > 0:50:55President Trump was addressing the South Korean parliament and talking

0:50:55 > 0:50:59really a lot about North Korea, as we would expect. He was saying the

0:50:59 > 0:51:09world can't tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens with

0:51:09 > 0:51:16nuclear action. I am sure we will be picking up some of the conversation

0:51:16 > 0:51:20later on in China. We were talking about the high

0:51:20 > 0:51:23security. You can see the President is about to enter one of the

0:51:23 > 0:51:27vehicles in the motorcade and they are going straight to the forbidden

0:51:27 > 0:51:32city. We will be that live in Beijing later.

0:51:32 > 0:51:35Of course Carol was telling us it is getting colder, which means

0:51:35 > 0:51:39households in the UK are turning up the heat or fighting over the

0:51:39 > 0:51:42thermostat! We are looking at changes that are

0:51:42 > 0:51:46coming to the energy supply market that might affect you. There's

0:51:46 > 0:51:50always a lot of news about energy markets. There is a big change in

0:51:50 > 0:51:55terms of who provides it. Good morning.

0:51:55 > 0:51:57Two of the biggest names in the energy supply business,

0:51:57 > 0:52:02SSE and NPower, are in talks to merge into a new business.

0:52:02 > 0:52:08That combines one would supply over 12 million households and give them

0:52:08 > 0:52:11a 24% share of the energy market. That would make them bigger than

0:52:11 > 0:52:14British Gas. What could this mean for customers?

0:52:14 > 0:52:18Claire Osborne is from the website USwitch.

0:52:18 > 0:52:22It's interesting news, because we always talk about the big six and

0:52:22 > 0:52:25they're not being much competition in the energy market and essentially

0:52:25 > 0:52:29this could reduce it further?This has the potential to change the face

0:52:29 > 0:52:33of the energy industry. British Gas have been the biggest supplier for

0:52:33 > 0:52:40as long as the energy industry has existed. SSE and Npower coming

0:52:40 > 0:52:46together would rival that. There is competition in the industry. There

0:52:46 > 0:52:50are the 60 energy suppliers, so there are loads of options. Losing

0:52:50 > 0:52:53one option from within that isn't going to reduce the choice for

0:52:53 > 0:52:56consumers dramatically and actually some of those other providers

0:52:56 > 0:53:01outside of the big six are offering better deals.It is interesting

0:53:01 > 0:53:05because the reason why the big energy companies have been slightly

0:53:05 > 0:53:08worried recently is because they have been losing market share to the

0:53:08 > 0:53:12small ones.That's right. In the last five years the big six have

0:53:12 > 0:53:20gone from 99% marketshare to 81% marketshare, that's 2% reduction in

0:53:20 > 0:53:24the last quarter. So they are losing customers hand over fist and a lot

0:53:24 > 0:53:28of that is down to the fact that they have these expensive standard

0:53:28 > 0:53:31variable tariffs that two thirds of customers are wrong. Customers on

0:53:31 > 0:53:36those tariffs are simply paying too much. They can save by switching

0:53:36 > 0:53:40today. So people are waking up to those savings. Last month, 600,000

0:53:40 > 0:53:45people switched their energy supplier and that is hitting the big

0:53:45 > 0:53:49suppliers hard.The switch is working. People also care about how

0:53:49 > 0:53:54it reduces their energy bills. Not just this winter, but they can do at

0:53:54 > 0:53:59home.We found that about 4.6 million homes are overheating their

0:53:59 > 0:54:05properties to over 21 degrees. That is hotter than a summer in Tenerife.

0:54:05 > 0:54:10When you think that the temperature in the UK in summer is 15 degrees

0:54:10 > 0:54:13and people aren't putting their heating on then, you can see that's

0:54:13 > 0:54:17pretty hot. That's costing millions of pounds for customers. Every

0:54:17 > 0:54:22degree that you put your heating on, that costs £80 per year. So when

0:54:22 > 0:54:26people have stretched household budgets, that makes a difference.So

0:54:26 > 0:54:30are people putting a 21 degrees higher than they should?Surely not.

0:54:30 > 0:54:34If they are above 21 degrees that's above the recommended amount for the

0:54:34 > 0:54:38energy savings structure and that's hotter than it is intended it.Is it

0:54:38 > 0:54:45really?It's crazy. So people want to be cosy. About a quarter of the

0:54:45 > 0:54:50people don't want to put warm clothes on to keep warm at home and

0:54:50 > 0:54:54almost 2 million homes are keeping the heating on 24 hours a day. When

0:54:54 > 0:54:59you think that a third of people are having to ration their energy use to

0:54:59 > 0:55:02pay their bills, you can imagine that hitting the purse hard.

0:55:02 > 0:55:09Interesting. Thank you very much. That's it from me for now.

0:55:09 > 0:55:12Two years ago, 17-year-old Yusra Mardini fled Syria,

0:55:12 > 0:55:14travelling by boat to Greece.

0:55:14 > 0:55:17She ended up swimming for her life when it began to sink,

0:55:17 > 0:55:19saving 19 fellow passengers in the process.

0:55:19 > 0:55:22Less than a year after that, she competed at the Olympics

0:55:22 > 0:55:22in Rio.

0:55:22 > 0:55:25Her story is being made into a film, but the teenager

0:55:25 > 0:55:30has her sights firmly set on a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

0:55:30 > 0:55:32Our sports correspondent Alex Capstick went to meet her

0:55:32 > 0:55:37in Berlin.

0:55:37 > 0:55:43You know that you might lose your life on the way.Yusra Mardini,

0:55:43 > 0:55:47Olympian and refugee who saved lives, including her own. The

0:55:47 > 0:55:51teenage swimmer who fled war-ravaged Syria to pursue her sporting dreams.

0:55:51 > 0:55:56A 25 day nightmare which featured a sinking boat full of migrants

0:55:56 > 0:56:02heading for Greece. Yusra and her sister jumped into the sea to help

0:56:02 > 0:56:09keep it afloat.I was afraid, it was dark and I was just seeing the

0:56:09 > 0:56:16island but never reaching it. Not that I was the hero pulling a rope,

0:56:16 > 0:56:20it's OK, I helped the boat. It was not only me or my sister. You can

0:56:20 > 0:56:26imagine that they told you it is 45 minutes trip and used a 3.5 hours.

0:56:26 > 0:56:31What did you have with you?Nothing. My jeans and my T-shirt. My shoes

0:56:31 > 0:56:36were also gone.Yusra Mardini eventually arrived in Berlin,

0:56:36 > 0:56:41already a promising swimmer she joined this club at the ditty's

0:56:41 > 0:56:45Olympic park. Incredibly just 11 months later she was in Rio on the

0:56:45 > 0:56:48biggest sporting stage of all, competing for the first ever refugee

0:56:48 > 0:56:56team.Even after, before when they were telling me that I'm leaving, to

0:56:56 > 0:57:01the Olympics, it was a really big surprise after only one year I'm a

0:57:01 > 0:57:06refugee in Germany and I'm going and there is a Refugee Olympic Team.It

0:57:06 > 0:57:11was incredible. Yusra's remarkable back story means she is now a

0:57:11 > 0:57:15teenager in the band, with an expanding on the Raj befitting her

0:57:15 > 0:57:20growing stature on the world stage. There have been meetings with major

0:57:20 > 0:57:26global figures. She has addressed the UN and given talks at other

0:57:26 > 0:57:29high-profile events, highlighting the plight of refugees.I'm just

0:57:29 > 0:57:35hoping to get the idea to people that they are normal people and they

0:57:35 > 0:57:39had a normal life and they were forced to flee their country because

0:57:39 > 0:57:43of violence.And movies are being made about you. How exciting is

0:57:43 > 0:57:50that?It's amazing. I'm really excited.Who would you like to play

0:57:50 > 0:57:54Yusra Mardini?I have no idea. I would like Yusra Mardini to play

0:57:54 > 0:58:00Yusra Mardini, but I can't act. Above all, Yusra Mardini is focused

0:58:00 > 0:58:05on training hard. She wants a place at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and

0:58:05 > 0:58:09doesn't mind who she represents.My ambition is just to be an athlete.

0:58:09 > 0:58:14If I'm going to start for Germany or for my country or for the Refugee

0:58:14 > 0:58:18Olympic Team, I'm going to do the best I can and it would be my

0:58:18 > 0:58:24pleasure.In a life full of twists and turns, the way to Tokyo may not

0:58:24 > 0:58:28be straightforward, but it's clear this determined 19-year-old will

0:58:28 > 0:58:31rise to whatever challenges lay ahead.

0:58:31 > 0:58:39Very good luck to her. What a story. As you have been hearing, there are

0:58:39 > 1:02:02severe disruptions to some parts of the UK today. Find

1:02:02 > 1:02:03in half an hour.

1:02:03 > 1:02:04Plenty more on our website.

1:02:08 > 1:02:11Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:02:11 > 1:02:13Another Cabinet Minister fights for their job.

1:02:13 > 1:02:18The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

1:02:18 > 1:02:21Just days after the International Development Secretary was forced

1:02:21 > 1:02:23to apologise over secret meetings in Israel, Downing Street

1:02:23 > 1:02:27is examining new claims about her trips overseas.

1:02:41 > 1:02:45Good morning, it is Wednesday 8 November.

1:02:45 > 1:02:48Also this morning: Prince Charles's finances face scrutiny

1:02:48 > 1:02:53following fresh revelations in the Paradise Papers.

1:02:53 > 1:02:55The Prince's advisors deny suggestions of a conflict

1:02:55 > 1:03:03of interest.

1:03:03 > 1:03:07In the past few minutes, President Trump has arrived in Beijing for

1:03:07 > 1:03:10talks on trade and North Korea. Early this morning he warned the

1:03:10 > 1:03:14north it was time to come to the table and make a deal.

1:03:14 > 1:03:16One of the best-known names on the high streets,

1:03:16 > 1:03:19Marks & Spencer, will have its latest financial results out

1:03:19 > 1:03:21in the next few minutes.

1:03:21 > 1:03:23I will be looking at that, and why the retailer expects

1:03:23 > 1:03:25a tricky Christmas ahead.

1:03:25 > 1:03:28In sport, Andy Murray says he wont play in the Australian Open next

1:03:28 > 1:03:29year unless he's 100% fit.

1:03:29 > 1:03:33The former world number one has been out of action with a hip injury,

1:03:33 > 1:03:36but faced Roger Federer in a charity match in Glasgow last night.

1:03:36 > 1:03:38Carol has the weather.

1:03:38 > 1:03:41Good morning.

1:03:41 > 1:03:47It is a cold and frosty start to the day but many of us it will be dry

1:03:47 > 1:03:50some sunshine. Exceptions in the north of the country where there is

1:03:50 > 1:03:54a band of rain, windy conditions coming in and cloudy start with

1:03:54 > 1:03:58patchy rain in East Anglia the south-east. Here, it should right

1:03:58 > 1:04:02and up. I will have more in 15 minutes.

1:04:02 > 1:04:03Good morning.

1:04:03 > 1:04:06First, our main story: Downing Street is examining

1:04:06 > 1:04:07new information about the International Development

1:04:07 > 1:04:09Secretary's unauthorised contacts with senior

1:04:09 > 1:04:09Israeli government officials.

1:04:09 > 1:04:12Priti Patel apologised for meeting the Israeli Prime Minister

1:04:12 > 1:04:14during a summer holiday in August without telling

1:04:14 > 1:04:15the Foreign Office in advance.

1:04:15 > 1:04:19It is now believed she had at least one further meeting with senior

1:04:19 > 1:04:22Israeli officials after she returned home, and failed to tell

1:04:22 > 1:04:23Theresa May about it.

1:04:23 > 1:04:25Let's get more detail now from our political correspondent

1:04:25 > 1:04:33Leila Nathoo.

1:04:33 > 1:04:37It is quite difficult to keep on top of exactly what has happened, but

1:04:37 > 1:04:42there are more revelations, aren't there?So since Priti Patel's

1:04:42 > 1:04:46unauthorised meetings in Israel emerged at the end of last week,

1:04:46 > 1:04:49there has been some back and forth between her, the International

1:04:49 > 1:04:53Development Secretary, and Number Ten. She was holding the Downing

1:04:53 > 1:04:58Street to explain her conduct after these revelations about the meetings

1:04:58 > 1:05:03took place. She had a bit of a dressing down from the PM, was

1:05:03 > 1:05:06reminded of the ministerial code and Theresa May hoped that that was the

1:05:06 > 1:05:11end of it. She certainly considered it to be that way. But now we

1:05:11 > 1:05:15understand that there have been further meetings, two specifically

1:05:15 > 1:05:20now we understand, from the Department, that took place in

1:05:20 > 1:05:23Israel without the presence of officials, and that were not

1:05:23 > 1:05:28disclosed or carried out in the usual hysteria way. And that is what

1:05:28 > 1:05:31we believe that Number Ten is now examining. The allegation is that

1:05:31 > 1:05:37Priti Patel actually misled the Prime Minister when she went in to

1:05:37 > 1:05:40see her, too apparently confess exactly what she had done. It

1:05:40 > 1:05:44appears she did not fully disclose the extent of her meetings in

1:05:44 > 1:05:49Israel. So I think we can see Priti Patel's future hanging in the

1:05:49 > 1:05:53balance this morning. She is currently on an official visit to

1:05:53 > 1:05:58Ethiopia and Uganda. We are expecting her back in the country

1:05:58 > 1:06:04later today, we think. I think it is only because she is out of the

1:06:04 > 1:06:08country at the moment that she remains in her post.And on the

1:06:08 > 1:06:11wider question, Boris Johnson in Parliament yesterday explaining what

1:06:11 > 1:06:17he said about a British citizen imprisoned in Iran. How much is this

1:06:17 > 1:06:22government under pressure? How significant is all of this?Well, I

1:06:22 > 1:06:26think there is no doubt that Theresa May is fighting fires on a number of

1:06:26 > 1:06:31front. She has, as you say, got her Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, in

1:06:31 > 1:06:36a bit of trouble over some comments over a British citizen in Iran. He,

1:06:36 > 1:06:41though, I think is safer in this post in Priti Patel. We have also

1:06:41 > 1:06:46had the resignation of Sir Michael Fallon last week over the sexual

1:06:46 > 1:06:54harassment allegations, and of course, her de facto deputy, Damian

1:06:54 > 1:06:58Green, is also under fire over allegations of misconduct. So she

1:06:58 > 1:07:03cannot afford to be losing Cabinet ministers at a time like this. She

1:07:03 > 1:07:09will be hoping that she can draw a line swiftly under the Priti Patel

1:07:09 > 1:07:14row so she can try and get on and keep control over her ministers. But

1:07:14 > 1:07:19I certainly think that this has left Theresa May looking very exposed and

1:07:19 > 1:07:26vulnerable.Thank you very much, thank you. We will be speaking to a

1:07:26 > 1:07:29representative from the foreign affairs Select Committee about the

1:07:29 > 1:07:31issues she is facing at the moment.

1:07:31 > 1:07:33The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

1:07:33 > 1:07:36to give details about his decision to sack Carl Sargeant,

1:07:36 > 1:07:39a member of his Cabinet who was found dead yesterday.

1:07:39 > 1:07:41Mr Sargeant left his post and was suspended

1:07:41 > 1:07:44by the Labour Party pending an investigation into allegations

1:07:44 > 1:07:45made by a number of women.

1:07:45 > 1:07:49It is understood there is now deep unease within the Welsh Labour group

1:07:49 > 1:07:59about the treatment he received.

1:07:59 > 1:08:02Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to North Korea's leader,

1:08:02 > 1:08:04Kim Jong-un, in an address to South Korea's parliament.

1:08:04 > 1:08:07The US President urged all countries to join forces to isolate

1:08:07 > 1:08:10what he called the brutal regime of North Korea,

1:08:10 > 1:08:12saying the world cannot tolerate a rogue nation that threatens it

1:08:12 > 1:08:19with nuclear devastation.

1:08:19 > 1:08:21It is our responsibility, and our duty, to confront

1:08:21 > 1:08:23this danger together.

1:08:23 > 1:08:27Because the longer we wait, the greater the danger grows,

1:08:27 > 1:08:39and the fewer the options become.

1:08:39 > 1:08:41From Beijing, our correspondent Stephen McDonell joins

1:08:41 > 1:08:44us.

1:08:44 > 1:08:50There is a long delay on the line, so there may be a delay between

1:08:50 > 1:08:54question and answer. They will see gorgeous tourist attractions, but

1:08:54 > 1:08:59also some very serious discussions to be taking place with the Chinese

1:08:59 > 1:09:04president today.That's right. Donald Trump has already touched

1:09:04 > 1:09:08down here in Beijing and soon this motorcade will arrive here. They are

1:09:08 > 1:09:12coming directly from the airport to the forbidden city and this will be

1:09:12 > 1:09:17this first chance to discuss matters with China's president, Xi Jinping.

1:09:17 > 1:09:21We are expecting North Korea to be at the forefront of their talks over

1:09:21 > 1:09:25the coming days and we heard it mentioned that Donald Trump is

1:09:25 > 1:09:29calling on Russia and China to fully implement UN sanctions against North

1:09:29 > 1:09:33Korea. China's response to that has been that we are already doing that,

1:09:33 > 1:09:38and much more. We have seen reports coming out that China has just

1:09:38 > 1:09:42ordered two groups to stop sending Chinese tourists into North Korea.

1:09:42 > 1:09:48-- tour groups. That would really hurt that regime, and these will be

1:09:48 > 1:09:52the kinds of things they discussed in the coming days. We are waiting

1:09:52 > 1:09:56to see if they will be any sort of official announcement from the two

1:09:56 > 1:10:00leaders, in terms of new measures to force North Korea to give up its

1:10:00 > 1:10:07nuclear weapons.So a big day ahead in Beijing. Thank you very much.

1:10:07 > 1:10:10The Prince of Wales has been criticised for failing to disclose

1:10:10 > 1:10:13an investment by his private estate in an offshore company.

1:10:13 > 1:10:16The revelations come from leaked documents known as the Paradise

1:10:16 > 1:10:19Papers.

1:10:19 > 1:10:20There is no suggestion of wrongdoing.

1:10:20 > 1:10:23The Prince's spokesman insists he has never chosen to speak out

1:10:23 > 1:10:26on a topic simply because of an investment decision.

1:10:26 > 1:10:26Andy Verity reports.

1:10:26 > 1:10:29Prince Charles has campaigned on the environment for decades,

1:10:29 > 1:10:30and especially for the rainforest.

1:10:30 > 1:10:34Today, he is due to arrive in India, after flying from Malaysia,

1:10:34 > 1:10:38as criticism grew at home of his failure to disclose a secret

1:10:38 > 1:10:41financial stake in a company in Bermuda.

1:10:41 > 1:10:44On the right here is the late Hugh van Cutsem, one

1:10:44 > 1:10:45of the Prince's oldest friends.

1:10:45 > 1:10:52He was a director of Sustainable Forestry Management Limited,

1:10:52 > 1:10:57a firm that managed tropical rainforests, registered in Bermuda,

1:10:57 > 1:11:07The company wanted to trade in carbon credits.

1:11:07 > 1:11:09But tropical rainforests weren't included in carbon credit trading

1:11:09 > 1:11:11schemes, so it needed the rules changed.

1:11:11 > 1:11:14In February 2007, the Duchy buys 50 shares in van Cutsem's

1:11:14 > 1:11:15company, worth $113,500.

1:11:15 > 1:11:17At that time, SFM's directors agreed to keep

1:11:17 > 1:11:19the Duchy's shares confidential.

1:11:19 > 1:11:23Mr van Cutsem asked for lobbying documents to be sent to the Prince's

1:11:23 > 1:11:25office, and soon the Prince was making speeches campaigning

1:11:25 > 1:11:29for changes to two international agreements on carbon credits.

1:11:29 > 1:11:35In June 2008, Duchy sold its shares for $325,000, a profit

1:11:35 > 1:11:37of more than $200,000.

1:11:37 > 1:11:40Well, I think it's a serious conflict.

1:11:40 > 1:11:44There's a conflict of interest between his own investments

1:11:44 > 1:11:47of the Duchy of Cornwall, and what he's trying

1:11:47 > 1:11:48to achieve publicly.

1:11:48 > 1:11:49Clarence House said...

1:12:00 > 1:12:02There is no suggestion of illegality, nor that

1:12:02 > 1:12:05Prince Charles's campaigning caused the share price of his friend's

1:12:05 > 1:12:08company to rise.

1:12:08 > 1:12:11Nor is it suggested that the Duchy was seeking to avoid tax.

1:12:11 > 1:12:15Andrew Verity, BBC News.

1:12:15 > 1:12:18For more on this, we can speak to our royal correspondent Daniela

1:12:18 > 1:12:25Relph.

1:12:25 > 1:12:31First of all, what reaction has there been from the palace?It has

1:12:31 > 1:12:36been an uneasy few days for both the Queen and now the Prince of Wales

1:12:36 > 1:12:41around the issues which have come out of the Paradise Papers. The

1:12:41 > 1:12:45Prince is currently on a tour of South East Asia. Within the last

1:12:45 > 1:12:49couple of hours at an event in Malaysia the BBC has attempted to

1:12:49 > 1:12:52ask him about the issues involved here.

1:12:52 > 1:12:57Do you have any comments on the Paradise Papers revelations today?

1:12:57 > 1:13:02So perhaps not surprisingly, not any comment from the Prince of Wales

1:13:02 > 1:13:08himself. But this officers here at Clarence House have been rather more

1:13:08 > 1:13:12forthcoming, and what they have done is issued very careful but direct

1:13:12 > 1:13:16response to the accusations here. In terms of offshore investments, they

1:13:16 > 1:13:19have made it very clear, they say that the Prince of Wales is not

1:13:19 > 1:13:24directly involved in any big investment decisions made by the

1:13:24 > 1:13:30Duchy of Cornwall, and on the issue of the company owned by a friend of

1:13:30 > 1:13:36this, they say it was not an investment made for financial gain,

1:13:36 > 1:13:42but it involved issues around which the Prince had an ongoing interest,

1:13:42 > 1:13:45around issues of sustainability of the rainforests, of the environment,

1:13:45 > 1:13:49issues the Prince of Wales had been speaking out on for a number of

1:13:49 > 1:13:53years. But what this does is throw up a couple of difficult issues for

1:13:53 > 1:13:57the Royal Family. The transparency of royal finances, should there be

1:13:57 > 1:14:01more, and the difficulties you have when you have a Prince of Wales who

1:14:01 > 1:14:05is an activist and campaigner, which can expose him to accusations of

1:14:05 > 1:14:11conflict of interest.The half-year results for Marks & Spencer have

1:14:11 > 1:14:18just been announced. Up or down? Down, which is not a surprise. Their

1:14:18 > 1:14:23profit before tax is down 5.3%, which is not the worst we have seen

1:14:23 > 1:14:28from M&S, to be honest. The chief executive, who has not been there

1:14:28 > 1:14:31that long, has been talking about how they are starting to make better

1:14:31 > 1:14:35progress in terms of remedying the problems they have had, and he is

1:14:35 > 1:14:39admitting they have had problems for the last 15 years, in terms of not

1:14:39 > 1:14:42getting it right particular in the clothing side of the business. What

1:14:42 > 1:14:46is more interesting from this is the fact they are admitting it is

1:14:46 > 1:14:50getting tougher in the food side of the business. For a long time it has

1:14:50 > 1:14:53been very much a tale of two businesses. They have done really

1:14:53 > 1:14:56well and food but not great on clothing. What the chief executive

1:14:56 > 1:14:59has said this morning is that actually things are getting tougher

1:14:59 > 1:15:04in food now. We are starting to see food prices go up in all of the

1:15:04 > 1:15:08supermarkets, because of the price pressures, that we import a lot of

1:15:08 > 1:15:11food and because of the currency markets it makes it more expensive

1:15:11 > 1:15:16to import food at the moment, because the pound has been so low.

1:15:16 > 1:15:19Customers are more savvy in terms of what they pay for in premium

1:15:19 > 1:15:24products. A lot of the M&S food, quite a lot of it is what we might

1:15:24 > 1:15:27class as premium, more expensive than a lot of the other

1:15:27 > 1:15:30supermarkets. They are saying things are getting tougher in terms of

1:15:30 > 1:15:37food, and they are just advising generally that times are tough for

1:15:37 > 1:15:41the consumer at the moment. The interest rate rise last week will

1:15:41 > 1:15:44make people's mortgages more expensive so people might start to

1:15:44 > 1:15:47think about what they should be cutting back on. They are saying

1:15:47 > 1:15:51looking ahead to the future we have to be careful that we are offering

1:15:51 > 1:15:59people the best price for things.

1:15:59 > 1:16:02Later we have people from Strictly and we will get the reaction to lots

1:16:02 > 1:16:10of things, including the shock departure of Astin. That at 8:40am.

1:16:10 > 1:16:16Good morning. Going back to the main story. Downing Street is said to be

1:16:16 > 1:16:20looking into new revelations about the International Development

1:16:20 > 1:16:30Secretary's unofficial meetings with senior Israeli government figures.

1:16:30 > 1:16:32Priti Patel's apologised to Theresa May for not

1:16:32 > 1:16:35informing her about the discussions and it's now thought her position

1:16:35 > 1:16:37in the Cabinet is increasingly uncertain.

1:16:37 > 1:16:39Let's talk now to the Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi,

1:16:39 > 1:16:41a member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

1:16:41 > 1:16:46Do you think that Priti Patel will still be in her job at the end of

1:16:46 > 1:16:57the day?Good morning. It is totally in the gift of the Prime Minister

1:16:57 > 1:17:01that any person should serve in government. I think Priti Patel

1:17:01 > 1:17:04realises the seriousness of her mistake. She has apologised and put

1:17:04 > 1:17:09out a statement of all the meetings during her holiday in August, in

1:17:09 > 1:17:13Israel, which you are quite right the Foreign Office didn't know about

1:17:13 > 1:17:17in advance, which was wrong, but they did know while the trip was

1:17:17 > 1:17:23taking place. It is up to the Prime Minister what she does. She is

1:17:23 > 1:17:29already tightening the ministerial code even further. The one thing I

1:17:29 > 1:17:34would remind your viewers. This isn't the visit to some enemy state

1:17:34 > 1:17:37and administer doing something clandestine, she has already

1:17:37 > 1:17:42apologised for this.That's all the more reason that she should be

1:17:42 > 1:17:46transparent with regards to this. You talk about those meetings which

1:17:46 > 1:17:50she has now apologised for, but the press associations are talking about

1:17:50 > 1:17:55further meetings, one taking Place in New York, one in Parliament. One

1:17:55 > 1:17:59was undisclosed and one was only disclosed retrospectively. This

1:17:59 > 1:18:08seems to be a pattern, that the way she conducts business. You could

1:18:08 > 1:18:18argue it is misleading the public which is perhaps a more serious

1:18:18 > 1:18:22charge.This is all speculation. I haven't seen the full details of

1:18:22 > 1:18:26what the media are reporting this morning. The comment I would make is

1:18:26 > 1:18:31that if she was in Israel on a family holiday, which she paid for

1:18:31 > 1:18:36herself, she has many friends in that country, we have many friends.

1:18:36 > 1:18:43Israel is one of our closest allies. But you are Craig Whyte -- quite

1:18:43 > 1:18:46right, she made a mistake in not called meeting with the Foreign

1:18:46 > 1:18:53Office before actually taking those meetings. Either she also met with

1:18:53 > 1:18:58many charities in her sector in overseas aid. Start-ups which are

1:18:58 > 1:19:02doing incredible work in Africa.It is great that she is meeting with

1:19:02 > 1:19:06charities and start-up organisations. But she is opening

1:19:06 > 1:19:13herself up to issues by not having officials there are there is no

1:19:13 > 1:19:16record of the meeting. There could be a security breach in the future.

1:19:16 > 1:19:21At the very best to you concede that she is naive in doing what she has

1:19:21 > 1:19:26done?She has made a mistake and she has put out a statement with

1:19:26 > 1:19:31basically all of the meetings she had during the meeting in Israel and

1:19:31 > 1:19:40it is an error of judgement and she has apologised for that. She has

1:19:40 > 1:19:43coolly demonstrated their error of her judgement and is tightening up

1:19:43 > 1:19:46the ministerial code. That's the right thing to do. Ultimately it's

1:19:46 > 1:19:51up to the Prime Minister, what she does, if there are new revelations

1:19:51 > 1:19:56as you have just outlined.Priti Patel is one issue that the Prime

1:19:56 > 1:19:59Minister's house faces at the moment. From the outside you address

1:19:59 > 1:20:03the viewers earlier. I can speak on behalf of many of our viewers who

1:20:03 > 1:20:07say what it looks like from a member of the public's perspective today is

1:20:07 > 1:20:12you know about Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, who has left the

1:20:12 > 1:20:15cabinet for inappropriate behaviour. The Foreign Secretary has been

1:20:15 > 1:20:24apologising to Parliament and could potentially find himself in jail for

1:20:24 > 1:20:27what he said. This is the Prime Minister's top table. The government

1:20:27 > 1:20:34is in a mess, is it not?I think it's worth reminding ourselves that

1:20:34 > 1:20:39it is our Prime Minister Theresa May who came out firmly and said that on

1:20:39 > 1:20:42sexual harassment very zero tolerance in this government. And

1:20:42 > 1:20:48acted on it immediately, with Michael Fallon. I assure you she

1:20:48 > 1:20:52will do the same again if there are other members of Parliament or

1:20:52 > 1:20:56ministers who are found to be guilty of sexual harassment of staff are

1:20:56 > 1:21:02anyone else. I think she is to be commended for that. That's not

1:21:02 > 1:21:06something... Shouldn't be brushing these things under the carpet or

1:21:06 > 1:21:18hiding them. We addressed the Priti Patel issue and with Boris Johnson

1:21:18 > 1:21:21coming to Parliament yesterday, explaining himself, he also spoke to

1:21:21 > 1:21:28his counterpart in Iraq and he explained that Boris Johnson's

1:21:28 > 1:21:36comments have no relevance to Radcliffe. He said he appreciated

1:21:36 > 1:21:41the Foreign Secretary redoubling his effort to get her back home so I

1:21:41 > 1:21:45think you are conflating many issues. The sexual harassment issue

1:21:45 > 1:21:53covers all parties in Parliament. All individuals who work there have

1:21:53 > 1:21:56a responsibility to protect their staff and to treat them properly as

1:21:56 > 1:22:00well as any other individual, not just are. Embers of the media who

1:22:00 > 1:22:04have interviews with them and so on. So I think the Prime Minister on the

1:22:04 > 1:22:07contrary to what you are suggesting has actually done the right team.

1:22:07 > 1:22:13Thank you for your time this morning.

1:22:13 > 1:22:17Let's catch up on the weather forecast. We have been told

1:22:17 > 1:22:18Let's catch up on the weather forecast. We have been told it is

1:22:18 > 1:22:23cold and frosty this morning! Good morning. That's right, it's a

1:22:23 > 1:22:27cold start the day widespread frost. These are the current temperatures.

1:22:27 > 1:22:33The anomaly is in London, where it is seven. That's because we've got

1:22:33 > 1:22:36more cloud and patchy rain. That's helped maintain the temperatures

1:22:36 > 1:22:41through the night. It's not just in the south-east, it is also East

1:22:41 > 1:22:45Anglia where we have the combination. Away from that, clear

1:22:45 > 1:22:49skies and some patchy mist and fog first thing. We hang on to the

1:22:49 > 1:22:53patchy rain and drizzle for a bit longer. It will eventually fade and

1:22:53 > 1:22:57the sun will come out. A bright start, with sunshine, in the Channel

1:22:57 > 1:23:02Islands and the Isle of Wight and also the Isles of Scilly. Inland

1:23:02 > 1:23:06there are some showers in south-west England that will fade. A beautiful

1:23:06 > 1:23:10start in Wales, the Midlands, the Northwest of England. There is a

1:23:10 > 1:23:14touch of fog around as there is in Northern Ireland and around the

1:23:14 > 1:23:17Central Lowlands, especially the Glasgow end. A lot of dry weather

1:23:17 > 1:23:22and sunshine. That will change in north-west through the when another

1:23:22 > 1:23:25weather front arrives, introducing wet and windy weather. The stronger

1:23:25 > 1:23:28twins in the far north of mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles.

1:23:28 > 1:23:35Touching gale force with exposure. Some sunny spells develop in the

1:23:35 > 1:23:37south-east, but equally cloud at times. In between we have some

1:23:37 > 1:23:43sunshine. Temperatures roughly where they should we. The average is

1:23:43 > 1:23:50between nine and 11 at this time of year. Overnight the weather front

1:23:50 > 1:23:54seats -- moves south. Most of the rain in it will be light and patchy,

1:23:54 > 1:23:59with drizzle. Behind it under clear skies in Scotland we could have a

1:23:59 > 1:24:04touch of frost. Still blustery showers across the far north and a

1:24:04 > 1:24:09nippy start of the day tomorrow in the far south-east. Tomorrow,

1:24:09 > 1:24:12eventually the weather front gets across the south-east, taking the

1:24:12 > 1:24:16remnants of the cloud and patchy rain with it. It brightens up nicely

1:24:16 > 1:24:20from the north, so you can see the sun coming out. Still a few showers

1:24:20 > 1:24:26across northern Scotland, the quite blustery winds as well. Later in the

1:24:26 > 1:24:29day there's another system coming in across Ireland. That's going to

1:24:29 > 1:24:33swing in across of Wales and south-west England. Here it is on

1:24:33 > 1:24:39the pressure chart. It comes in through Friday. Many of us will have

1:24:39 > 1:24:44a dry day. And again it will be fairly breezy, especially in the

1:24:44 > 1:24:48north of the country. And as we look down east coast there will be some

1:24:48 > 1:24:53sunshine around. Temperatures by then, seven in the north, 15 in

1:24:53 > 1:24:53sunshine around. Temperatures by then, seven in the north, 15 in the

1:24:53 > 1:24:58Channel Islands. Quite a difference between north and

1:24:58 > 1:25:00south! Thanks very much.

1:25:00 > 1:25:02Choices for shoppers in English town centres are shrinking,

1:25:02 > 1:25:07according to research for the BBC.

1:25:07 > 1:25:09A survey of 12 government-funded towns found nearly 1,000

1:25:09 > 1:25:16shops had disappeared in five years.

1:25:16 > 1:25:27The towns were awarded a £1.2 million share. Our correspondent

1:25:27 > 1:25:31went to Stockport.

1:25:38 > 1:25:45This one is empty?Yes, we still have a number of empty units in the

1:25:45 > 1:25:52town centre that still need filling. Joe is the man behind getting Portas

1:25:52 > 1:25:56town status. Port. He put the successful bid together and ran a

1:25:56 > 1:26:00pilot for five years.The plan has gone pretty well and we've managed

1:26:00 > 1:26:04to attract new interest into the old town especially. But across the

1:26:04 > 1:26:08whole town centre we still have a big Rob with shops and it's a

1:26:08 > 1:26:13question of more retailers going online. What kind of retailers are

1:26:13 > 1:26:17going to fill them? We have to think of creative solutions to really

1:26:17 > 1:26:20solve this problem on the high streets.The barometer of a healthy

1:26:20 > 1:26:25high-street is to look at the vacancy rate. It's fallen in ten of

1:26:25 > 1:26:29the 12 towns but is still higher than the national average. In

1:26:29 > 1:26:33Stockport is more than double the national average. But the council

1:26:33 > 1:26:36here things reshaping the town centre is one solution to getting

1:26:36 > 1:26:40that down. It is hard to believe that just 18 months ago this square

1:26:40 > 1:26:45looked like this. The council demolished the shops that were here

1:26:45 > 1:26:49and created this new, more attractive area for shoppers.It is

1:26:49 > 1:26:52important to the people of stock bought at important to visitors, but

1:26:52 > 1:26:56it's important for the retailers as well because they really benefit

1:26:56 > 1:27:02from having the kind of environment where people do want to spend time,

1:27:02 > 1:27:06so if it's a nice area to sit and meet friends, relax, places to eat,

1:27:06 > 1:27:11and they are more likely to do their shopping here as well.We asked a

1:27:11 > 1:27:16company which monitors the health of high streets to review the Portas

1:27:16 > 1:27:20Project. One thing they found is most of the towns have more

1:27:20 > 1:27:24independent shops than before.In the last five years nearly 1000 jobs

1:27:24 > 1:27:29have disappeared from the 12 Portas towns.That's one closing every 22

1:27:29 > 1:27:34days. A town centre with fewer shops doesn't necessarily mean it is in

1:27:34 > 1:27:40decline. More and more empty units are being converted into other uses.

1:27:40 > 1:27:43There is a contraction required of retail within the town centres and

1:27:43 > 1:27:48therefore you then have to fill that with an appropriate use and

1:27:48 > 1:27:51residential driving people into the towns to utilise and bring forward

1:27:51 > 1:27:56all of the ideas of what a town centre is. That's what we are trying

1:27:56 > 1:27:59to achieve. We think we can get three or four townhouses here and

1:27:59 > 1:28:04six or seven apartments, but with a terrace overlooking.As our shopping

1:28:04 > 1:28:09habits change and more of us shop online, the traditional high street

1:28:09 > 1:28:14has to adapt if it's going to survive.

1:28:14 > 1:28:20There you go. We've been talking and hearing about severe disruption on

1:28:20 > 1:28:25rail services this morning. Yes, because of strike action. You

1:28:25 > 1:31:47can find out with the news, travel and weather

1:31:47 > 1:31:48in half an hour.

1:31:48 > 1:31:49Bye for now.

1:31:55 > 1:31:58Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

1:31:58 > 1:32:02Here is a summary of this morning's main stories from BBC News:

1:32:02 > 1:32:03Downing Street is examining new information about

1:32:03 > 1:32:05the International Development Secretary's unauthorised contacts

1:32:05 > 1:32:06with senior Israeli government officials.

1:32:06 > 1:32:09Priti Patel apologised for meeting the Israeli Prime Minister

1:32:09 > 1:32:11during a summer holiday in August, without telling

1:32:11 > 1:32:12the Foreign Office in advance.

1:32:12 > 1:32:16It is now believed she had at least one further meeting with senior

1:32:16 > 1:32:19Israeli officials after she returned home, and failed to tell

1:32:19 > 1:32:32Theresa May about it.

1:32:32 > 1:32:34The First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, is under pressure

1:32:34 > 1:32:37to give details about his decision to sack Carl Sargeant,

1:32:37 > 1:32:40a member of his Cabinet who was found dead yesterday.

1:32:40 > 1:32:42Mr Sargeant left his post and was suspended

1:32:42 > 1:32:44by the Labour Party pending an investigation into allegations

1:32:44 > 1:32:46made by a number of women.

1:32:46 > 1:32:49It is understood there is now deep unease within the Welsh Labour group

1:32:49 > 1:32:52about the treatment he received.

1:32:52 > 1:32:55In the last few minutes, Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing.

1:32:55 > 1:32:58The American President will ask China to cut its financial links

1:32:58 > 1:33:00with North Korea, and to abide by UN sanctions.

1:33:00 > 1:33:03Earlier, Mr Trump urged all countries to join forces

1:33:03 > 1:33:06to isolate what he called the brutal regime of North Korea,

1:33:06 > 1:33:09saying the world cannot tolerate a rogue nation that threatens it

1:33:09 > 1:33:10with nuclear devastation.

1:33:10 > 1:33:12But he indicated that the US was still willing to negotiate

1:33:12 > 1:33:30with North Korea, if it gave up its military ambitions.

1:33:30 > 1:33:33Now, sheep might not have the reputation for being

1:33:33 > 1:33:36the cleverest of animals, but new research shows they can

1:33:36 > 1:33:37learn to recognise human faces.

1:33:37 > 1:33:39A group of Welsh Mountain sheep had special training,

1:33:39 > 1:33:42after which they could pick out the faces of celebrities actors

1:33:42 > 1:33:45Jake Gyllenhaal and Emma Watson, and former US president Barack

1:33:45 > 1:33:57Obama.

1:33:57 > 1:34:00The sheep chose photos of celebrity faces in a line-up of photos.

1:34:00 > 1:34:03Researchers say it shows sheep possess similar face recognition

1:34:03 > 1:34:03abilities to primates.

1:34:03 > 1:34:07It is all in the name of science as they are investigating Huntington's

1:34:07 > 1:34:11disease, and this is part of it.

1:34:11 > 1:34:14Coming up on the programme: Carol will have the weather

1:34:14 > 1:34:16for you in ten minutes.

1:34:16 > 1:34:20We will speak to our guests about that, because it is very serious

1:34:20 > 1:34:29research.No one from the world of sport, or even from Breakfast!We

1:34:29 > 1:34:35have been missing Andy Murray.At Wimbledon he was hobbling around a

1:34:35 > 1:34:39lot, and has he been on a court since then?No, it is his first

1:34:39 > 1:34:44match since he exited the quarterfinals. He tried to rush

1:34:44 > 1:34:48himself back to the US Open and said it was a bad move. Now we will see.

1:34:48 > 1:34:53And this charity match he played with Roger Federer is great. He will

1:34:53 > 1:34:59only return if he is 100% fit, so the next Grand Slam, the Australian

1:34:59 > 1:35:03Open, he is saying he will not play if he knows he is not 100%.

1:35:03 > 1:35:06He played in his first match losing in the quarter finals at Wimbledon.

1:35:06 > 1:35:09That is Murray wearing a tam o' shanter and ginger wig.

1:35:09 > 1:35:13Not to be outdone, Federer donned a kilt, and had no problems pulling

1:35:13 > 1:35:15off his signature shot - his one-handed backhand.

1:35:15 > 1:35:18Fun aside, Murray said he will only return to competitive tennis next

1:35:18 > 1:35:22year if he is fully fit, and admitted he rushed back too soon

1:35:22 > 1:35:30to try and play at the US Open in August.

1:35:30 > 1:35:33I'm in a significantly better place than I was,

1:35:33 > 1:35:35you know, in the build-up to the US Open.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38And certainly at the end of Wimbledon, you know,

1:35:38 > 1:35:39I was really struggling there.

1:35:39 > 1:35:42Walking was, you know, a big problem for me, you know.

1:35:42 > 1:35:46So I just try to get myself back to 100%.

1:35:46 > 1:35:48And what a welcome Federer was given -

1:35:48 > 1:36:01some of Granny Murray's shortbread.

1:36:01 > 1:36:03Someone who's hungry - David Moyes, for success

1:36:03 > 1:36:06at West Ham, after being appointed as their new manager.

1:36:06 > 1:36:08He arrived yesterday to take training for the first time

1:36:08 > 1:36:10since replacing Slaven Bilic, and gave this interview

1:36:10 > 1:36:18to West Ham TV.

1:36:18 > 1:36:21It may take some time to win them round -

1:36:21 > 1:36:24the BBC Sport website ran this poll yesterday asking if Moyes

1:36:24 > 1:36:27was the right choice, and more than half of the votes

1:36:27 > 1:36:32cast said no.

1:36:32 > 1:36:34Two games to decide their World Cup fate -

1:36:34 > 1:36:36Northern Ireland take on Switzerland in Belfast tomorrow,

1:36:36 > 1:36:39before the return leg in Basel on Sunday, as they look

1:36:39 > 1:36:46to reach their first World Cup since 1986.

1:36:46 > 1:36:49There'll be a lot of excitement, there'll be a few nerves

1:36:49 > 1:36:51and anticipation, everything thrown into the mix,

1:36:51 > 1:36:53in terms of the emotions going into the game.

1:36:53 > 1:36:57But that just shows you the level of importance of it,

1:36:57 > 1:36:58and what's riding on it.

1:36:58 > 1:37:02We want to go out there and try and enjoy it as much as possible

1:37:02 > 1:37:05through the process, as well - ultimately achieve what we want

1:37:05 > 1:37:07to achieve, and that's get to the World Cup.

1:37:07 > 1:37:10It never rains but it pours for England boss Gareth Southgate.

1:37:10 > 1:37:13Another three players have pulled out of his squad,

1:37:13 > 1:37:15ahead of the friendlies with Germany and Brazil.

1:37:15 > 1:37:18Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson and Fabian Delph have all withdrawn

1:37:18 > 1:37:20through injury, so that is now six players gone from

1:37:20 > 1:37:21the original squad.

1:37:21 > 1:37:24Burnley's Jack Cork has been called up.

1:37:24 > 1:37:26England are playing the opening first-class match

1:37:26 > 1:37:27of their Ashes tour.

1:37:27 > 1:37:29They are batting first against a Cricket Australia 11.

1:37:29 > 1:37:37England 97-2.

1:37:37 > 1:37:39-- 164-3.

1:37:39 > 1:37:41Alastair Cook and James Vince the men out, Mark Stoneman

1:37:41 > 1:37:45on his way to a half-century.

1:37:45 > 1:37:49The next few days could decide whether England's women have any

1:37:49 > 1:37:50chance of regaining the Ashes.

1:37:50 > 1:37:53They are preparing for the Test match which starts tomorrow in

1:37:53 > 1:37:54Sydney.

1:37:54 > 1:37:57If Australia win, then they will be certain of retaining the Ashes.

1:37:57 > 1:38:01So the pressure is on England, who are two points behind them under

1:38:01 > 1:38:10the series' scoring format.

1:38:10 > 1:38:14So if Australia win, they will automatically retain the Ashes, so

1:38:14 > 1:38:17England must win, really.

1:38:17 > 1:38:20The Prince of Wales has been accused of calling for changes

1:38:20 > 1:38:22to international climate agreements without disclosing that his private

1:38:22 > 1:38:24estate stood to benefit from proposed reforms.

1:38:24 > 1:38:27The details emerged in the latest leak of financial documents known

1:38:27 > 1:38:32as the Paradise Papers.

1:38:32 > 1:38:35Joining us now from our London newsroom is the former royal press

1:38:35 > 1:38:37secretary Dickie Arbiter.

1:38:37 > 1:38:41Good morning to you. Thank you very much for joining us, and the concern

1:38:41 > 1:38:46here is that he may have benefited from something that he spoke out

1:38:46 > 1:38:50about, campaigned for. Do you think there is a conflict of interest?I

1:38:50 > 1:38:54don't think there is a conflict of interest at all and I don't think

1:38:54 > 1:38:58for a moment the Prince of Wales knew anything about the investment.

1:38:58 > 1:39:02He is the Duke of Cornwall, he does head-up the Duchy of Cornwall, but

1:39:02 > 1:39:07he doesn't have his fingers on every single aspect of it. As much as your

1:39:07 > 1:39:10director-general does not know every single thing which goes on in the

1:39:10 > 1:39:14BBC. He would be chairman of the Council and the day-to-day running

1:39:14 > 1:39:18of the Duchy, and it is financial advisers who were invest where they

1:39:18 > 1:39:21think appropriate. What you are talking about is the investment of

1:39:21 > 1:39:27something like 0.01% of the total value of the Duchy, around £86,000.

1:39:27 > 1:39:32Very little return. There are those who will think it is quite a good

1:39:32 > 1:39:35return, but there was a suggestion that he only made speeches

1:39:35 > 1:39:41concerning carbon credits after the investment was made. I don't think

1:39:41 > 1:39:46researchers went back far enough. If you go online you will find all 852

1:39:46 > 1:39:51of his speeches going back to 1970, and if you trawl through all of

1:39:51 > 1:39:54those you will find he has been banging on about carbon emissions,

1:39:54 > 1:39:58he has been banging on about climate change, since 1970. So this is not

1:39:58 > 1:40:03something new, and it is not something that just so happened

1:40:03 > 1:40:08because there is an investment.I expect some people watching will

1:40:08 > 1:40:13think that £86,000 sounds like a large investment. Should he, given

1:40:13 > 1:40:18what has come out now, have more oversight?You know, there is a lot

1:40:18 > 1:40:22of capital being made out of the fact that the Royal Family are

1:40:22 > 1:40:25investing overseas. They have done nothing illegal. It is legal, it is

1:40:25 > 1:40:31above board. When the money comes back to the country, HMRC get their

1:40:31 > 1:40:36taxes out of it. Nothing illegal has been done. It just so happens that

1:40:36 > 1:40:40because it is the Prince of Wales, everyone is saying, shock horror, it

1:40:40 > 1:40:45shouldn't be done. Everyone is saying the monarchy should modernise

1:40:45 > 1:40:49and investing overseas is a bit of modernisation. If they didn't put

1:40:49 > 1:40:52the estate's finances in proper order they would be criticised for

1:40:52 > 1:40:57letting it go. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.Let's talk

1:40:57 > 1:41:01about the Queen and her investments, which have been making headlines

1:41:01 > 1:41:06this week. How damaging do you think this is? What will they be thinking?

1:41:06 > 1:41:11I don't believe it is damaging at all. There will be probably a bit of

1:41:11 > 1:41:15shock and upset, not because this has come out, but because maybe they

1:41:15 > 1:41:20didn't have their finger on the financial pulse, but people are paid

1:41:20 > 1:41:29to do it on their behalf. The Queen is not hands-on in the same way as

1:41:29 > 1:41:33the Prince of Wales is a hands-on Duke of Cornwall. But what is coming

1:41:33 > 1:41:37out of the Duchy of Lancaster is topping up what comes out of the

1:41:37 > 1:41:46sovereign's grant. It is paying for the running of Monarchy plc. There

1:41:46 > 1:41:50will be concern that they should have been alerted to the fact that

1:41:50 > 1:41:54this was happening, but you can't be alerted to every single thing which

1:41:54 > 1:41:58is going on in an organisation. Thank you for joining us on

1:41:58 > 1:42:03Breakfast this morning. Just to let you know what is happening in the

1:42:03 > 1:42:10next few hours of the programme... Until 9:15 a.m., I suppose that

1:42:10 > 1:42:20constitutes a few hours. Gregory Porter will be here at around 8:50

1:42:20 > 1:42:25a.m., and Oti and Johnnie, I think they are fox trotting. Let's also

1:42:25 > 1:42:29find out about the weather. If you have been out this morning,

1:42:29 > 1:42:29find out about the weather. If you have been out this morning, you will

1:42:29 > 1:42:35know it has been cold.Louise is absolutely right, a cold start to

1:42:35 > 1:42:39the day. Frost and patchy fog as well, across parts of Northern

1:42:39 > 1:42:45Ireland, north-west England and the Central Lowlands, especially the

1:42:45 > 1:42:48west of the Central Lowlands. And what we have had all morning is a

1:42:48 > 1:42:52bit more cloud and also some patchy light rain and drizzle in the

1:42:52 > 1:42:56south-east. That will slowly fade. We will start to see at Ryton up

1:42:56 > 1:42:59from the west through the course of the afternoon, but there will be a

1:42:59 > 1:43:03lot of dry weather and a lot of sunshine. However, across the

1:43:03 > 1:43:06north-west we are going to see some rain and strengthening wind coming

1:43:06 > 1:43:10our way. Into the afternoon, we shave away this cloud from the west.

1:43:10 > 1:43:14Still a fair bit of cloud across parts of East Anglia, with the odd

1:43:14 > 1:43:18spot of rain left on it into the afternoon. As we head through the

1:43:18 > 1:43:21Midlands, southern counties, the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands,

1:43:21 > 1:43:24the Isles of Scilly, in the Isles of Scilly, into southern England, there

1:43:24 > 1:43:29is a lot of sunshine. When we lose the fog from Cumbria, it is going to

1:43:29 > 1:43:31be a fine afternoon across north-west England and also

1:43:31 > 1:43:35north-east England, for that matter. Northern Ireland Scotland seeing

1:43:35 > 1:43:39some rain coming in from the west. The wind strengthening, especially

1:43:39 > 1:43:43the far of mainland Scotland and the Northern Isles and here we will have

1:43:43 > 1:43:47that combination through the night. Our weather front sinks southwards,

1:43:47 > 1:43:51taking rain which will mostly be light by then further south. Behind

1:43:51 > 1:43:56that, some clearance in the sky, so prone areas in Scotland, for

1:43:56 > 1:44:00example, seeing a touch of frost. Still wintry with blustery showers

1:44:00 > 1:44:05but under this vale of cloud it will not be as cold night as the one just

1:44:05 > 1:44:09gone across many parts of the UK. But, before that front arrives in

1:44:09 > 1:44:13the south-east, under clear skies here as well, it will be cold. The

1:44:13 > 1:44:17front gets into the south-east, crosses it, and we take its patchy

1:44:17 > 1:44:21rain with it on to the near continent. It brightens up ahead of

1:44:21 > 1:44:24that weather front with sunshine coming through. Still a peppering of

1:44:24 > 1:44:28showers across the far north of Scotland. After a very windy start

1:44:28 > 1:44:32to the day, the winds will ease a touch and they will pick up later on

1:44:32 > 1:44:36in the day. Later in the day again we will start to see some rain

1:44:36 > 1:44:40coming in across Ireland courtesy of this weather front which is going to

1:44:40 > 1:44:43sinks southwards, clearing, and then later in the day on Friday we will

1:44:43 > 1:44:47see another one coming in, which will bring in more rain from the

1:44:47 > 1:44:51west. So for Friday it self we will get off to a largely dry start, and

1:44:51 > 1:44:55then we see the rain clear from the south-east, most of us having a fine

1:44:55 > 1:44:59day, with bright and sunny spells, and later the rain comes in across

1:44:59 > 1:45:02Ireland and sinks in across Wales in south-west England, leading us into

1:45:02 > 1:45:06a cold weekend. The brightest conditions this weekend will be down

1:45:06 > 1:45:09the spine of the country. For the rest of us there will be some

1:45:09 > 1:45:11showers.

1:45:14 > 1:45:17We have some breaking news from the energy world.

1:45:17 > 1:45:21It's about a merger going on from two of the big names in the

1:45:21 > 1:45:22business.

1:45:22 > 1:45:34We are talking about SSD and Npower. SSE says it will I Npower. Combine

1:45:34 > 1:45:38they would supply over 12 million households, giving them over 20% of

1:45:38 > 1:45:41the energy market. What could this mean for customers?

1:45:41 > 1:45:44Claire Osborne is from the website USwitch.

1:45:44 > 1:45:49Good morning. This has all happened earlier. We were talking about what

1:45:49 > 1:45:54might happen if this happens and it looks like it will.What are your

1:45:54 > 1:45:57thoughts? This will change the face of the energy industry. Someone

1:45:57 > 1:46:02coming into rival British gas as the biggest energy supplier will shake

1:46:02 > 1:46:08things up, definitely. But with there being about 60 energy

1:46:08 > 1:46:12suppliers in the market now, two of them consolidating won't change

1:46:12 > 1:46:18things massively.When you say shake things up, in what way?Like I say

1:46:18 > 1:46:21there will be some good competition to British Gas but also these

1:46:21 > 1:46:24companies coming together, they should be able to create

1:46:24 > 1:46:27efficiencies of scale and so the questions we should be asking them

1:46:27 > 1:46:31as they progress through this is whether they are going to pass those

1:46:31 > 1:46:35efficiencies on to customers.The bigger they are the cheaper it

1:46:35 > 1:46:39should be?Exactly.What's interesting is obviously these

1:46:39 > 1:46:43things take time, so if you are one of the customers of these companies,

1:46:43 > 1:46:47it won't make much difference in the meantime?The deal is intended to

1:46:47 > 1:46:51complete at the end of next year or the beginning of the following year

1:46:51 > 1:46:54and for customers in the meantime there are few things they should be

1:46:54 > 1:46:57confident. First of all in most circumstances they will lose their

1:46:57 > 1:47:03energy supply. In all circumstances their credit will be protected. And

1:47:03 > 1:47:07in either case you can still make choices about who supplies your

1:47:07 > 1:47:10energy and take advantages of some of the savings available, by

1:47:10 > 1:47:15switching today. You don't need that to be taken out of your hands.It is

1:47:15 > 1:47:19interesting because we've spoken about switching for a long time, we

1:47:19 > 1:47:22are starting to finally see it have an impact. Some of the smaller

1:47:22 > 1:47:25companies are taking a share away from the bigger ones.That's right.

1:47:25 > 1:47:30With all of these new companies coming in, some of the changes are

1:47:30 > 1:47:33making a difference. In the last five years with gone from 99% market

1:47:33 > 1:47:37share with the big six players, soon to become five, going down to 81%

1:47:37 > 1:47:43market share. That's a big change and that speeding up rapidly. Two

1:47:43 > 1:47:47percentage points in the last quarter. So the big six are under

1:47:47 > 1:47:51pressure from these cheaper, smaller and sometimes better service rivals.

1:47:51 > 1:47:56I know you guys have some research out today about how to make your

1:47:56 > 1:47:59energy bills cheaper, simple things you can do in the home. Because it

1:47:59 > 1:48:04is quite staggering what one degree in your house can mean in terms of

1:48:04 > 1:48:08your bills.Tell us about that. If you heat your home one degree

1:48:08 > 1:48:12hotter, that cost you about £80 every year. Sue if you are wrangling

1:48:12 > 1:48:16with your partner about how hot to have the thermostat, these show the

1:48:16 > 1:48:22numbers.What else have you found? There are few things you should be

1:48:22 > 1:48:25doing. Always make sure you are on the best possible deals so you

1:48:25 > 1:48:30aren't too much. Then think about how you use your energy. Turning off

1:48:30 > 1:48:36your tech so that you are not on standby. That can save you about 80

1:48:36 > 1:48:40quid. And turning down the cabbage on your washing machine. About 90%

1:48:40 > 1:48:44goes into heating water in your washing machine. So there are a lot

1:48:44 > 1:48:48of changes you can make that can save you money and when one third of

1:48:48 > 1:48:52homes are rationing their energies they can pay their bills, that will

1:48:52 > 1:48:55make a difference.Good tips. It's incredible what difference it can

1:48:55 > 1:48:58make. Thanks for your time. That's it from me.

1:48:58 > 1:49:05Thank you very much. Iron and 19 degrees person. You're 19.5?

1:49:05 > 1:49:09It makes all the difference!

1:49:09 > 1:49:16Before Rugby Union went professional in the 1990s only a handful

1:49:16 > 1:49:19of players were household names, among them Rob Andrews.

1:49:19 > 1:49:21Now the former England player is making headlines again,

1:49:21 > 1:49:24blaming England's 2015 World Cup performance on Stuart Lancaster

1:49:24 > 1:49:25and his handling of Sam Burgess.

1:49:25 > 1:49:26Rob joins us now.

1:49:26 > 1:49:33You are laughing when I said I was 19.What about at your house? 18.5,

1:49:33 > 1:49:40but it doesn't go on very often. There's a degree between us all.

1:49:40 > 1:49:44It is lovely to see you. You've written a book about your life in

1:49:44 > 1:49:49rugby and all the rest of it. Let's look back at back on the day because

1:49:49 > 1:49:52you played when it wasn't professional and it was a quite

1:49:52 > 1:49:56different sport in some ways.Very different. I think people forget

1:49:56 > 1:50:04quite quickly. 20 years ago, I played to the mid- 80s -- in the

1:50:04 > 1:50:10mid- 80s to the mid- 90s, we all worked and played together. Pictures

1:50:10 > 1:50:18like that. It was a completely different game. We hadn't been in

1:50:18 > 1:50:25the gym very much, obviously. The book is really a story office

1:50:25 > 1:50:31bought, that had been amateur for 100 years, going professional, and

1:50:31 > 1:50:35the challenges of going professional. Rugby has sort of gone

1:50:35 > 1:50:40very quickly over 20 years and it still got teething problems and it's

1:50:40 > 1:50:46got some issues.You are still heavily involved with the RFU. You

1:50:46 > 1:50:50details on the book what happened in the World Cup from your perspective.

1:50:50 > 1:50:53You've never held back with your opinions, that's your job in the

1:50:53 > 1:50:58game. Does it come down to Sam Burgess? Went wrong at the World

1:50:58 > 1:51:05Cup?There's been a lot of focus on Sam Burgess. There's a lot of other

1:51:05 > 1:51:09stuff around the World Cup. The issue was... Might be comment around

1:51:09 > 1:51:15it is head coaches get judged on their results and they have to make

1:51:15 > 1:51:18decisions around selection. Sam Burgess was a massive decision. It's

1:51:18 > 1:51:23not just blaming him, it wasn't his fault he was picked to play for

1:51:23 > 1:51:27England, but it changed the dynamic of that squad into the World Cup and

1:51:27 > 1:51:34head coaches lived or died by the decisions they make and we -- it was

1:51:34 > 1:51:38a massive risk and a massive decision and it didn't come off.Was

1:51:38 > 1:51:41he given the support he needed at the time? He made that decision. Did

1:51:41 > 1:51:48he get the support?That gets thrown back at people, was he given enough

1:51:48 > 1:51:52support. One of the things I've learnt over many years is that had

1:51:52 > 1:51:55coaches are pretty much control freaks. They are on the job because

1:51:55 > 1:52:01they want to be the head man, whether it is Eddie Jones or whoever

1:52:01 > 1:52:06around the world. In any sport they are in charge" are the main man and

1:52:06 > 1:52:10they live or die by those decisions. When you get it right it is great,

1:52:10 > 1:52:16when you get it wrong it is tough. Eddie Jones is currently in the

1:52:16 > 1:52:20England job. It is a case of him making the right decisions?Was he

1:52:20 > 1:52:25the right man for the job? Eddie Jones is very experienced and the

1:52:25 > 1:52:31other part of the book is around appointing coaches. What's right and

1:52:31 > 1:52:35what is wrong. In the only right decision is whether they win. If

1:52:35 > 1:52:39they win you've made a really good appointment and if they lose you

1:52:39 > 1:52:43haven't. Stuart was appointed... Everyone felt it was the right

1:52:43 > 1:52:48decision at the time and it is an enormous amount of good work.He is

1:52:48 > 1:52:53still very proud of what he did.And quite rightly. There's a lot in the

1:52:53 > 1:52:59book around his work and again the point is he did such a lot of good

1:52:59 > 1:53:03work and then made a few decisions and in the biggest tournament in our

1:53:03 > 1:53:09sport it went wrong in the World Cup. Eddie is the first to admit

1:53:09 > 1:53:13that he's picked up a very good side, good young players, and he's

1:53:13 > 1:53:17taking it forward.There are some real characters as well and some

1:53:17 > 1:53:23excellent players. You talked about team dynamics. Is it that suddenly

1:53:23 > 1:53:26things are coming right?I think it was happening under Stuart. It was

1:53:26 > 1:53:30moving in that direction. It was just a big blip during the

1:53:30 > 1:53:35tournament. So I think there is a team dynamic building. You can see a

1:53:35 > 1:53:40strong England group developing. They will be judged in 2019. This

1:53:40 > 1:53:46group of players. We get judged on our World Cups. In the 91 World Cup

1:53:46 > 1:53:53final be lost and we can't get that back. The 2003 team, they won it.

1:53:53 > 1:54:00This group, by 2019 they will be in a strong position.There are two big

1:54:00 > 1:54:04talking point at the moment. I think we've mentioned both of them. One is

1:54:04 > 1:54:11compassion. The culture that is putting some people. Dealing with

1:54:11 > 1:54:17concussion first. Should rugby be noncontact in schools?I don't think

1:54:17 > 1:54:23so. The injury issue in rugby is an issue that's been there for a long

1:54:23 > 1:54:28time. It is a contact sport. Unfortunately people do get injured.

1:54:28 > 1:54:33Even in the amateur game people got injured. I best friend at school was

1:54:33 > 1:54:39paralysed at the age of 15 in a game I was playing. Injury in rugby is

1:54:39 > 1:54:43really an important topic for me, personally, and for everybody. It is

1:54:43 > 1:54:49taken very seriously and it's a big issue and it is being managed well.

1:54:49 > 1:54:52But the sport has changed and I think that's the thing with

1:54:52 > 1:54:57professionalism. You look at the physical nature of the guys. Not

1:54:57 > 1:55:02just the top end, at school rugby as well.It does need managing. You

1:55:02 > 1:55:08think that whole culture and the initiation ceremonies, do you think

1:55:08 > 1:55:14that needs to change?Absolutely. There is no place for it whatsoever.

1:55:14 > 1:55:18You can have a bit of fun with a team and you can have a drink.

1:55:18 > 1:55:22There's nothing wrong with that. Everybody likes a drink. Nobody

1:55:22 > 1:55:27likes a drunk.Where does that change come from?It has to come

1:55:27 > 1:55:32from within the organisation and the clubs. The universities. It is just

1:55:32 > 1:55:39unacceptable. It doesn't have any part to play in being part of a

1:55:39 > 1:55:44team. A football team or a cricket team, a rugby team, it has no part

1:55:44 > 1:55:48in it.Good to talk. Thank you very much.

1:55:48 > 1:55:55I was going to say, I always wanted to tell you that one of my favourite

1:55:55 > 1:55:58moments of sports commentary is when you are commentating and you

1:55:58 > 1:56:02screened over the top of Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal.

1:56:02 > 1:56:07He has never forgiven me!The sheer emotion just pours out.

1:56:07 > 1:56:13And his book is called Rugby: The Game of my Life. We will be back

1:56:13 > 1:56:17with the main headlines at eight a.m.. There is severe disruption

1:56:17 > 1:56:20that many of the rail services because of strike action today. Find

1:56:20 > 1:59:40out now whether that affects

1:59:40 > 1:59:44Bye for now.

2:00:15 > 2:00:20Hello, this is Breakfast, with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin.

2:00:20 > 2:00:22Another Cabinet Minister fights for their job.

2:00:22 > 2:00:24The pressure grows on Priti Patel.

2:00:24 > 2:00:28Just days after the International Development Secretary was forced

2:00:28 > 2:00:31to apologise over secret meetings in Israel, Downing Street

2:00:31 > 2:00:35is examining new claims about her trips overseas.

2:00:48 > 2:00:55Good morning. It's Wednesday, 8th November.

2:00:55 > 2:00:59Also this morning, Prince Charles' finances face scrutiny

2:00:59 > 2:01:02following fresh revelations in the Paradise Papers.

2:01:02 > 2:01:03The Prince's advisors deny suggestions of

2:01:03 > 2:01:09a conflict of interest.

2:01:09 > 2:01:11In the past few hours President Trump has arrived

2:01:11 > 2:01:14in Beijing for talks on trade and North Korea.

2:01:14 > 2:01:17Earlier this morning he warned the North it was time to "come

2:01:17 > 2:01:19to the table" and "make a deal".

2:01:19 > 2:01:23SSE and npower are merging. I'm taking a look at what it will mean

2:01:23 > 2:01:29for their 12 million customers. Andy Murray says he won't play in

2:01:29 > 2:01:33the Australian Open next year unless he is 100% fit. The former world

2:01:33 > 2:01:38number one has been out of action with a hip injury, but faced Roger

2:01:38 > 2:01:45Federer in a charity match last night.

2:01:45 > 2:01:49Jonny and Oti join us as they prepare to foxtrot their way back to

2:01:49 > 2:01:55the ballroom. And Carol has the weather.For many of us, it will be

2:01:55 > 2:02:01dry and sunny. Wet and windy weather will push in later, it will brighten

2:02:01 > 2:02:10up in the South East. I will have more details in 15 minutes.

2:02:10 > 2:02:14Theresa May is coming under pressure to sack the International

2:02:14 > 2:02:18Development Secretary, Priti Patel. Downing Street is examining new

2:02:18 > 2:02:23information about her unauthorised contact with senior Israeli

2:02:23 > 2:02:28government officials. Priti Patel apologised for the meeting during

2:02:28 > 2:02:34the summer. It is believed she had one meeting with senior Israeli

2:02:34 > 2:02:37officials after returning home and again, she failed to tell the Prime

2:02:37 > 2:02:43Minister about them.

2:02:43 > 2:02:45Let's get more detail now from our Political

2:02:45 > 2:02:48Correspondent, Leila Nathoo.

2:02:48 > 2:02:53How safe is her job?It is looking precarious, Lou. There is two

2:02:53 > 2:02:58issues, one the issue of her apparently freelance diplomacy that

2:02:58 > 2:03:02she carried out over the summer in Israel and the secondary issue of

2:03:02 > 2:03:07how she reported this to the Prime Minister. We know that Priti Patel

2:03:07 > 2:03:11had to correct the record regarding the number of meet it is that she

2:03:11 > 2:03:14had in Israel in August. She initially said it was only a couple.

2:03:14 > 2:03:20It transpired it was 12. She also had to retract comments she made

2:03:20 > 2:03:23suggesting that the Foreign Office knew about the meetings beforehand.

2:03:23 > 2:03:29It was clear the Foreign Office didn't know about that. So she was

2:03:29 > 2:03:31hauled into Number Ten on Monday to see Theresa May. She was

2:03:31 > 2:03:36reprimanded. She was reminded of her ongations under the Ministerial Code

2:03:36 > 2:03:39and as far as Downing Street was concerned, she had apologised and

2:03:39 > 2:03:43that was the matter closed, but now we understand that Number Ten is

2:03:43 > 2:03:52examining details of two further meetings that Priti Patel had in

2:03:52 > 2:03:55September where no officials were present and they were not carried

2:03:55 > 2:04:00out in the usual ministerial way. So I think it is looking pretty ropey

2:04:00 > 2:04:04for Priti Patel this morning. Theresa May is under pressure to

2:04:04 > 2:04:10sack her. Earlier in the programme we spoke to a Conservative MP who

2:04:10 > 2:04:14said it was up to Theresa May what to do.It is up to the Prime

2:04:14 > 2:04:19Minister what she does. She is already tightening the Ministerial

2:04:19 > 2:04:24Code even further. The one thing I would just remind your viewers is

2:04:24 > 2:04:33this isn't a visit to some enemy state and a minister doing something

2:04:33 > 2:04:38clandestine and Priti already apologised.Yes, Priti Patel said

2:04:38 > 2:04:43sorry for her actions, but it is pretty extraordinary territory in

2:04:43 > 2:04:45terms of the scale what she was doing over the summer and certainly

2:04:45 > 2:04:50Theresa May is going to come under pressure to sack her and certainly

2:04:50 > 2:04:56if she doesn't, that will raise questions as to why not? What more

2:04:56 > 2:05:00did Priti Patel have to do in order to lose her job? We know Priti Patel

2:05:00 > 2:05:05is on her way back from East Africa where she has been on an official

2:05:05 > 2:05:09visit and I wouldn't be surprised that we see some further

2:05:09 > 2:05:15developments on this story later this afternoon.Thrit There might be

2:05:15 > 2:05:18phone calls made as soon as she arrives. There has been so much

2:05:18 > 2:05:22going on. It has been a bruising time. Has she got a grip of what's

2:05:22 > 2:05:25going on in her Cabinet?Well, there is no doubt that Theresa May is

2:05:25 > 2:05:29fighting on all fronts at the moment. We have got a number of her

2:05:29 > 2:05:32Cabinet Ministers under pressure, Priti Patel being the most

2:05:32 > 2:05:36vulnerable, but we had Boris Johnson making comments about a British

2:05:36 > 2:05:42Iranian citizen being held in Iran, suggestions that he had potentially

2:05:42 > 2:05:47hampered her case by some comments he made. Sir Michael Fallon quick as

2:05:47 > 2:05:51Defence Secretary over allegations of sexual harassment and Damian

2:05:51 > 2:05:56Green, the de facto Deputy Prime Minister is also under investigation

2:05:56 > 2:05:58by the Cabinet Secretary over allegations of inappropriate

2:05:58 > 2:06:02behaviour. So yes, Theresa May, hugely under pressure here. She

2:06:02 > 2:06:08can't really afford to be losing Cabinet Ministers weekly or daily

2:06:08 > 2:06:12which it might transpire and I think that this does put her under some

2:06:12 > 2:06:17pressure, but she will very much be hoping to draw a line at least under

2:06:17 > 2:06:21the Priti Patel row by potentially letting her go later this afternoon.

2:06:21 > 2:06:31Thank you.

2:06:31 > 2:06:36The Prince Charles has been criticised.

2:06:36 > 2:06:38In the latest revelations from the leaked documents known

2:06:38 > 2:06:40as the Paradise Papers, the Prince of Wales has been

2:06:40 > 2:06:43criticised for failing to disclose an investment by his private estate

2:06:43 > 2:06:44in an offshore company.

2:06:44 > 2:06:46There is no suggestion of wrong doing.

2:06:46 > 2:06:50The Prince's spokesman insists he has never chosen to speak

2:06:50 > 2:06:59out on a topic simply because of an investment decision.

2:06:59 > 2:07:04Earlier we spoke to a former royal press secretary who said he didn't

2:07:04 > 2:07:08believe there was a conflict of interest.Yes, he is the Duke of

2:07:08 > 2:07:13Cornwall. He does head up the Duchy of Cornwall, but doesn't have his

2:07:13 > 2:07:17fingers on every single aspect of it in such the same way as your

2:07:17 > 2:07:19Director-General doesn't know everything that's going on in the

2:07:19 > 2:07:23BBC. He would be chairman of the council. Chairman of the day-to-day